What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Boy or girl burns hand on door handle
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How many years ago did you read this?What genre?
For adults, teens, or children?
Remember anything about the cover?
Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence has all of these elements, though perhaps not in exactly this order. On midwinter's eve of his eleventh birthday Will Stanton learns he's the last of the Old Ones, charged with gathering the Six Signs. The Signs (each in the shape of a circle quartered by a cross but made of different substances, like wood, bronze, iron) burn fiercely in the presence of the Dark. At one point Will is confronted by a servant of the Dark and burns his arm on one of them, leaving a scar in the shape of a quartered circle. Later there is scene where Will thinks he hears his dog whining in fear and pain behind a door, but when he opens the door it's revealed as a trick and the Lords of the Dark try to break through. Will raises his arms to protect himself and the Sign burned into his arm acts as a charm to repel them.
Sorcerers of the Nightwing by Geoffrey Huntington has a door with demons behind it and the doorknob is hot. No rings though.
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Johnny Tremainby Esther Hoskins Forbes
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Lobstergirl wrote: "I thought Johnny Tremain burned his hand doing silversmithing."You're right, my sleepy brain was mixing up more than one book.
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No response in 2 years. Moving to Abandoned.
All I remember is in one chapter the boy (or girl... I can't remember) hears animal crying behind a door. When they go to open said door they burn their hand on the door handle.
There may also be rings involved in the story at some point, but I'm not too sure.