In this new adventure with Tess and Max, internationally bestselling
author Amy Ephron takes readers to London at Christmastime, where a new
fantastical journey awaits.
It's Christmas break and Tess and Max are in London, staying at the posh
Sanborn House with their Aunt Evie. As they wait for their parents to
arrive, there is an unusual snowstorm that makes the city seem as if
it's caught in a snow globe. Perfect weather for an adventure in Hyde
Park. But when Max, Tess, and Aunt Evie leave to search for a cab, they
find a horse and carriage and driver curiously waiting for them at the
curb. And that's just the beginning...
Soon Tess is charmed by a mysterious boy named Colin who lives at the
hotel all year round--on the 8th floor. But Max is sure the elevator
only had 7 floors the day before. And how come everyone at the hotel
seems to ignore Colin? Things seem to get stranger and stranger. There's
a 1920s costume party in Colin's parents' apartment. A marble that seems
to be more than it appears. And a shadow that passes mysteriously by
Tess and Max's hotel window.
Tess wants to figure out what's going on, but finds only more questions:
Is it just a coincidence that Colin's last name is Sanborn, the same as
the hotel? Why does the cat's-eye marble look eerily similar to the
crystal at the top of their hotel room key? And, most importantly, what
happened in that hotel one Christmas long, long ago?
In this mysterious story sprinkled with holiday enchantment, Amy Ephron
transports readers into the magic of London at wintertime, where it's
just possible that what seems imaginary is real, and your wishes might
come true.
Praise for The Other Side of the Wall
Tess especially follows in that lineage of strong, intelligent female
characters - a sort of Lucy Pevensie/Hermione Granger hybrid who is a
leader, who believes in magic. --Teen Vogue
Another time-bending mystery . . . nicely paced, starting slow and
accelerating to breakneck speed by the end. This story is both charming
and vaguely creepy. --School Library Journal
"Ephron renders this magical world with such assertive beauty that
readers of all ages, who are fortunate enough to believe in the power of
magic, will enjoy immersing themselves in the roller-coaster fun of
these stories, and come to trust, even if for a short time, that in this
'alternate universe' it is possible for us to come together and 'touch
the sky.'" --Jewish Journal
A very entertaining middle-grade read [that] will captivate and entice
you to read more....This is a good old classic family adventure that you
will want to both read and own. --Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Books
