Into the Sideways World

By Ross Welford

Two kids discover a perfect world but must decide if they can leave it behind as their own world faces war.

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416 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny stumble upon a mysterious creature that leads them to an alternate world where pollution and conflict are nonexistent. As they return home, no one believes their tale, and with a global war threatening their reality, they must prove the existence of this utopia. In a race against time, Willa and Manny face an impossible choice: stay in a perfect world or save their own. Can they leave behind the ideal life they've found, or will they risk everything to protect their home?

From the publisher

The moving, funny, thrilling and adventured-filled new novel for readers of 10 and up from bestselling author Ross Welford.

When twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny hear of a mysterious animal prowling their town, they are determined to prove it is real. Following the creature into a cave one full moon, they are swept into an alternate, ideal, world – one where pollution and conflict have been conquered decades ago and even their own families seem happier.

But when they return, no one believes them. So, with a global war looming in their own world, their quest for proof of the Sideways World becomes ever-more urgent, in a nail-biting race against time.

And Willa and Manny will have to make an impossible decision: because once you find a perfect world, can you ever leave it behind . . .?

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