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When I was a young boy, my local library was a place of sanctuary and wonder.  … Often, after collecting a dozen or more titles, I would curl up on the floor at the end of the darkest aisle and spend the day devouring my finds.  There, surrounded by the towering stacks, I found the gateway to the entire human world.  May your journeys here be as wondrous.

Chris Gall
to the LaSalle Public Library on the occasion of the Library's Centennial Celebration, 2007

Paradise Trap

Author: 
Jinks, Catherine
Age Range: 
Grades 6 - 8
Format: 
Fiction

Summary: A boy . . . a witch . . . and a totally sinister paradise: that's what Marcus gets when his mom rents a scuzzy trailer and parks it near a dirty, noisy beach. Some vacation! Marcus would rather play video games anyway, but when he discovers a staircase underneath the trailer, it looks as if he may be in for some kind of multilevel, multiplayer experience controlled by a complete nightmare of a witch. It's just like a game--except it's all too real. The author of Evil Genius spins a brilliantly compelling yarn of a journey into a dark and twisted land--because once you enter the Paradise Trap, there's no guarantee that you'll ever leave!
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