Shelly's Book Blog

I just re-read the first book in the Ulysses Moore series, by Pierdominico Baccalario: The Door to Time.
This is an adventure story suitable for both boys and girls in upper grade elementary school. The main characters are 11-year-old twins Jason and Julia Covenant and their friend, Rick Banner. Jason and Julia move into Argo Manner, which is a very old house situated on a cliff overlooking the sea in England. Julia, who loved living in London, thinks she will be bored living so far removed from big city life, but she soon finds she is mistaken. There are plenty of riddles and other puzzles to figure out as the kids explore the old house, finding clues to the mystery of the previous owner’s activities. This book is similar to The Mysterious Benedict Society because of the adventure, mystery, and puzzles to solve; however, The Door to Time is written for a bit younger audience. The series so far consists of these titles:

1 The Door to Time
2 The Long Lost Map
3 The House of Mirrors
4 The Isle of Masks