LitPick Student Book Reviews logo
The Door to January
The Door to January
The Door to January
Gillian French
2017 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot Nominee for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult NovelEver since sixteen-year-old Natalie Payson moved away from her hometown of Bernier, Maine, she's had nightmares. And not just the usual ones. These are inside her, pulling her, calling her back, drawing her to a door, a house, a place, a time. Full of fear, full of danger. So this summer, Natalie's going back to Bernier to face up to a few things: the reason she left town in the first place; the boy she's trying hard not to trust; and the door in her dreams. But once she goes through the door, into a murky past, she's entangled in someone else's world. And only Natalie can help right the wrongs of both the past and the present. Breakthrough author Gillian French skillfully weaves together themes of small town bullies, unsolved murders, time travel, and the force of the spirit in this gripping paranormal thriller.
5 Votes

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Paranormal

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
The Door to January review by lovetoread
Profile Picture
lovetoread

In the book The Door to January, Natalie Payson and her family moved away from her hometown of Bernier, Maine. Ever since she moved away, she’s been having these nightmares. When she goes back to Bernier, she keeps going back to this old abandoned house with her cousin Teddy. When she is at the house, she feels it calling to her, and sometimes the house takes her and shows her the past. Natalie feels the house trying to tell her something. When Natalie receives surprises in her bird hotel (it's a thing she and Teddy made) she realizes she is in danger.

Rating:
3
Content Rating:

Content rating - mature content
What's this?
The Door to January review by Swanseakid09
Swanseakid09

Natalie Payson is having nightmares. Nightmares about an old abandoned house in her home town of Bernier, Maine. She has come back to Bernier for the summer to visit the house and try to figure out what the house wants from her and to face some bullies from her childhood who caused severe trauma to her and her cousin Teddy. 

Rating:
5
Five Star Award
Content Rating:

Content rating - some mature content
What's this?
Recommended Books
Nature Vs. Nurture
Smoke and Mirrors
The Magic of Melwick Orchard
Pray for Hell

From the Publisher

To add your comments, login above or request a LitPick membership.
RECENT BOOK REVIEWS
SHOW ME MORE!

ABOUT LITPICK BOOK REVIEWS

BECOME A REVIEWER

LitPick inspires  our global community of reviewers of all ages (from third grade into adulthood) to read and review books and uses feedback and incentives to encourage them to become better writers.

AUTHORS - PUBLISHERS

LitPick provides authors and publishers book reviews and a means to promote their titles worldwide through written book reviews, video book reviews, and social media blasts.

TEACHERS - LIBRARIANS

LitPick helps teachers and librarians promote reading and writing through book clubs, reading groups, and individualized, personal feedback on written book reviews.

QUESTIONS?

 

© LitPick 2024. All Rights Reserved.