The Nameless World
Heather Payer-Smith
ISBN-13 9781461112655
Noah is the target of the schoolbullies every day. They taunt him, take his possessions and even hithim over the head with his own book!
The young protagonist is afraid tofight back, but when the bullies throw his favorite book into a mudpuddle during recess he snaps and launches a rock at the biggestbully's head. A teacher comes at the sound of the bully's distressedcries and Noah hides behind a large oak tree.
It is there that he finds his missingscience teacher's glasses and two mysterious puzzle pieces thattransport him to another world. As Noah travels through this worldtrying to get back home he makes new friends, discovers an ecosystemwith life-giving rivers and rescues native creatures from being eatenby bigger beasts. He also discovers that the humans of this worldaren't well liked by the native creatures – for a very good reason:they are destroying the delicate ecosystem along with the creatureswho depend on it.
Noah must find his way through thisworld to the Chatalbin who can send him home, and to do this he mustfind the courage within himself to brave the nameless world.
The Nameless World is an exciting andthought-provoking adventure that middle grade readers are sure tolove.
Reviewed by Jennifer L. Stone
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