SOLVED. YA/ Children's Fantasy with speaking horse chess piece and entering fantasy world during sleepover at grandfather's house. [s]

[Kwabene]

I think I started and did not finish this book as a child in the 00s. It is probably very obscure and might even have been children's religious fiction because I remember Jesus was mentioned, but it wasn't a main part of the story.

Details
* protagonist visits grandfather
* grandfather's name was Bart
* there was a horse chess piece that becomes protagonist's companion in some fantasy world

[Capn]

Landon Snow and the Auctor's Riddle?



It's on OpenLibrary (free): https://openlibrary.org/books/OL88707...

Page 95
The knight. Landon was on the back of the dark wood horse head. The knight! They were hopping a herkyjerky course away from the king. Landon was saved! Tears moistened his eyes. He would never again take it for granted that he was three-dimensional. But why had the knight saved him? Was there a reason? It hardly mattered. Landon was alive. The least he could do was thank his rescuer. But speaking between the lurching jumps would be challenging. They were moving so quickly.


There's a Grandpa Karl who talks a lot about a historical fisherman character named Bart. :)

[Kwabene]

Capn wrote: "Landon Snow and the Auctor's Riddle?



It's on OpenLibrary (free): https://openlibrary.org/books/OL88707......"

That's the one--thanks Capn. 🫡

[Kris]

Glad you found your book, Kwabene.

Landon Snow and the Auctor's Riddle (book 1) of the Landon Snow series by R.K. Mortenson - Capn's find.