The Passage At Moose Beach: The Wild Side Trilogy Book One - Paperback

by Michael Foster (Author), Gloria Miller Allen (Artist)

Eleven-year-old Alicia gets separated from her family in the woods during a rainstorm and steps into a parallel realm of magic, wonder, and danger. Can she find her way home?

"Alicia does come across as an intelligent, science-minded heroine for the modern era" - Kirkus Reviews

Winner - Distinguished Favorite in Independent Press Award Teen Fiction

Get ready to dive into an enchanting adventure with Alicia, an eleven-year-old whose curiosity leads her to the unexpected. It all starts at Moose Beach, where a summer storm separates her from her dad. She stumbles through a shimmering portal in the woods that whisks her away to an extraordinary world where magic reigns and humans are nothing but myths.

In this wondrous realm, Alicia befriends a quirky group of animal companions who guide her on a quest like no other. Together, they face the challenge of "The Drying", a mysterious threat that's slowly draining the forest and the surrounding land of its life. With courage and quick thinking, Alicia must unravel the secrets of this parallel world and find her way back home.

Join Alicia on a journey filled with heart-pounding excitement, magical discoveries, and friendships that change everything. Will she be able to save this realm and find her way back to her world? Dive into The Passage at Moose Beach and let your imagination soar!

"The Passage At Moose Beach is an enchantingly magical tale about finding friends in the unlikeliest of people and working together with them to achieve your wildest dreams."

This book has been officially leveled by using F&P Text Leveling Gradient(TM) Leveling System. Level V ages 9 - 11.

Author Biography

Michael Foster is an avid gamer and works full time for a major tech company. He loves to host backyard barbecues whenever possible and has a vast network of friends in many countries, especially South America where he met his wife. As a child, Michael spent long summers at his family's cabin in Idaho, built by his maternal great-grandfather in the late 1920s. Michael's inquisitive nature kept him out and about, always exploring. Drawing inspiration from his adventures at the cabin, many of Michael's characters sprang from watching his wife and daughter explore his childhood stomping grounds. Gloria Miller Allen has lived in Idaho since 1974, though she spent her childhood in the Mid-West. The first job she remembers was in the Litho Art Department of Hallmark Cards headquarters in Kansas City, MO. Allen was 18 years old and learned an incredible amount about color and value contrasts in painting. After marriage, she and her husband moved to Corvallis, OR for his graduate program in Chemistry, Physics, and Math. After a Ph.D., the family of five moved to East Brunswick, New Jersey, for about five years, then to Idaho.