My favorite booksâto read and to writeâhave always been funny Christian romances. But all four of my kids prefer fantasy. They want me to read with them, and theyâve been asking me to read nothing but fantasy for years. Now I can say itâs my second favorite genre. In fact, I learned to like it so much I eventually started writing a childrenâs fantasy series of my own, in between all the mushy stuff. Beyond Wisherton is the first in that series.
Dragons are cool. The one on this cover is clearly mechanical, and that got my attention. Cove is a rather dark setting so I would only recommend this for older kids. Readers can tell from the beginning that the oppressive society is rooted in fear. What is behind that fear? The main characters, Trenton and Kallista, arenât all that concerned with the bigger picture. Theyâre only trying to solve a puzzle left by Kallistaâs father. We get to watch them become good friends in the process.
Trenton Colman is a creative thirteen-year-old boy with a knack for all things mechanical. But his talents are viewed with suspicion in Cove, a steam-powered city built inside a mountain. In Cove, creativity is a crime and âinventionâ is a curse word. Kallista Babbage is a repair technician and daughter of the notorious Leo Babbage, whose father died in an explosionâan event the leaders of Cove point to as an example of the danger of creativity.
Working together, Trenton and Kallista learn that Leo Babbage was developing a secret project before he perished. Following clues he left behind, they beginâŚ
