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The Promise of the Gateway
Deep in the drop behind Green Mountain High, Emily Perkins finds a gateway to the past where she’s no longer a nerd, and the school’s superstar quarterback is in love with her. He hasn’t yet suffered the crippling injuries that will ruin his future, and Emily thinks she can use the gateway to save him. But there’ll be a price to pay. Dangerous distractions wait on the other side. Visions of social injustice haunt everyone who returns. And then Emily learns that the gateway can’t be trusted.
399 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 29, 2020
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About the author
Nick Iuppa
31 books141 followers Nick Iuppa is also known as Nicholas Victor.
Always wanted to work in the movies. College got me an internship at MGM, and I worked on TV specials with Dr. Seuss and Chuck Jones (creator of the Road Runner). Became good friends with both of them. Later wrote for the Wonderful World of Disney. Went to Paramount Pictures where I designed internet entertainment and built Hollywood-style training simulations for the military. But the movie business made it hard to express my own personal creativity. (Too many decision makers). So, I started writing novels so that I could control everything. My first sci-fi novel was about a high tech simulation that was invaded by vampires. Wrote others inspired by Stephen King's deep, creepy characters. Now I work with a writing partner, John Pesqueira, and things are much simpler, only one person to argue with. I love developing characters and letting them tell me where the story is supposed to go. These days, my one of my favorite people is Babcia, the five-hundred-year-old witch who is the power behind all the goings on in 1960's Hollywood animation storytelling and in Zakopane Poland... gateway to Rapunzel's Tower where Adolph Hitler once spent a horrific night. Check it out along with my latest blog posts at www.nickiuppa.com
Always wanted to work in the movies. College got me an internship at MGM, and I worked on TV specials with Dr. Seuss and Chuck Jones (creator of the Road Runner). Became good friends with both of them. Later wrote for the Wonderful World of Disney. Went to Paramount Pictures where I designed internet entertainment and built Hollywood-style training simulations for the military. But the movie business made it hard to express my own personal creativity. (Too many decision makers). So, I started writing novels so that I could control everything. My first sci-fi novel was about a high tech simulation that was invaded by vampires. Wrote others inspired by Stephen King's deep, creepy characters. Now I work with a writing partner, John Pesqueira, and things are much simpler, only one person to argue with. I love developing characters and letting them tell me where the story is supposed to go. These days, my one of my favorite people is Babcia, the five-hundred-year-old witch who is the power behind all the goings on in 1960's Hollywood animation storytelling and in Zakopane Poland... gateway to Rapunzel's Tower where Adolph Hitler once spent a horrific night. Check it out along with my latest blog posts at www.nickiuppa.com
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January 22, 2023
This book has an intriguing premise. Emily is a nerd secretly crushing on Jake. At one time, Jake had a promising football career ahead of him until an injury left him broken and bitter. Instead of being a pro football player, he’s now the janitor in the high school where he’s a football legend. What if he could go back in time to that pivotal game and undo what happened? Emily finds a gateway that may allow him to do just that. At the same time, students in Mr. Paulsen’s history class, are mysteriously transported to the settings of his lectures. I found these chapters such as the ones about Vietnam, Selma, and Salem interesting and informative. This young adult coming of age story is about Emily’s desperate desire to help her secret crush, Jake, redeem himself after his life-changing injury. Can you change the past? I wasn’t quite sure how things would conclude but found the ending satisfying. I’ve read several of these authors’ books and they always have unique premises that are fun to read.
February 15, 2021
Really good book
One of the authors and I belong to the same Stephen King group. He was kind enough to gift me a copy of his book. A huge thank you goes out to him as well as the other author and publisher. I thought this was a really good little story. I felt like it was very character driven and got to know all the characters quite well. I really enjoyed the sci fi aspects of the story. Sometimes I need a YA book fix and this did the job nicely. I thought the little love story was super cute too. Some parts of the story were really relatable. For starters, I had a teacher in middle school who would yell out stuff during his lessons to get/keep our attention so I thought that was really cool. I was born and raised in Denver, lived there for much of my life. I remember very clearly the day in April of 1999 when the Columbine tragedy happened. The authors did a good job of capturing some of the feelings of that day. Overall I was impressed with how the story came together and I thought the ending was satisfying.
One of the authors and I belong to the same Stephen King group. He was kind enough to gift me a copy of his book. A huge thank you goes out to him as well as the other author and publisher. I thought this was a really good little story. I felt like it was very character driven and got to know all the characters quite well. I really enjoyed the sci fi aspects of the story. Sometimes I need a YA book fix and this did the job nicely. I thought the little love story was super cute too. Some parts of the story were really relatable. For starters, I had a teacher in middle school who would yell out stuff during his lessons to get/keep our attention so I thought that was really cool. I was born and raised in Denver, lived there for much of my life. I remember very clearly the day in April of 1999 when the Columbine tragedy happened. The authors did a good job of capturing some of the feelings of that day. Overall I was impressed with how the story came together and I thought the ending was satisfying.
August 4, 2021
This book was a amazing breath of fresh air I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book yes there is a lot of football in it but that is what moulds with the story it has very strong characters which I do love in a book and my absolute thanks to Nick Luppa and John Pesqueira for the privilege of reading this book and my heart 💜 felt thanks for the precious gift of this book I would be so delighted to recommend this wonderful book it will not disappoint you.
December 27, 2021
Good time-travel story that really seems to make some past events come to life.
June 14, 2022
Emily Perkins is an introverted high school student that prefers taking pictures than making friends. One day she is taking photos in the area behind her school when she stumbles upon a gateway to the past. There, she discovers the janitor at her school was once a handsome prize quarterback and ivy league scholarship hopeful until a tragedy on the field made his dreams come crashing down. Thinking she can help, she brings Jake the Janitor to the gateway not knowing how badly he wants a second chance. Jake makes up his mind that he must go back to fix things, but at what cost?
The writing beautifully bridges the gaps of generations in this time-traveling novel. I had a great sense of history and community reminiscent of Back to the Future. The book made me think in greater detail about my hometown from past, present, and future perspectives. This book also reads differently in the wake of the pandemic. The theme of community, family, friends, and lovers is a timeless and ageless tale that will reach you on many levels. It will remind you of the glory days and make you wonder what-ifs.
I would recommend families read this from varying generations: grandparents, parents, and teens as a family book club that could spark some very interesting discussions. This may very well be my favorite book of the year. This is that rare type of book you keep to revisit generations from now and learn the journey's lessons all over again.
The writing beautifully bridges the gaps of generations in this time-traveling novel. I had a great sense of history and community reminiscent of Back to the Future. The book made me think in greater detail about my hometown from past, present, and future perspectives. This book also reads differently in the wake of the pandemic. The theme of community, family, friends, and lovers is a timeless and ageless tale that will reach you on many levels. It will remind you of the glory days and make you wonder what-ifs.
I would recommend families read this from varying generations: grandparents, parents, and teens as a family book club that could spark some very interesting discussions. This may very well be my favorite book of the year. This is that rare type of book you keep to revisit generations from now and learn the journey's lessons all over again.
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