Books with title The Dark Side of Nowhere

Who knew one step could change someone’s life? When Courtney Brown and Anna Baker discover Gemish, they think life cannot get any weirder. But it does. They meet people that supposedly didn’t exist, and find themselves in the greatest adventure of their lives. Using all of their resources, they battle dark forces with good ones. They gain friends and enemies. And they find that one step could indeed change their lives.Cheryl Wilfred's The Dark Side provides a rollicking good read for audiences ages 7-12 and is a notable achievement for several reasons; not the least of which is that its young author achieved what few others her age have accomplished: writing a publishable fantasy adventure when she was only nine years old.Cheryl's inclusion of a host of seemingly disparate forces succeeds in creating different and unexpected threads of involvement and weaving a story that ties all of them together with twists, turns, and action. Characters are well drawn, time is taken to outline dilemmas, motivations, and to explain seeming diversions in logic, and the overall flavor is of a whimsical and light fantasy that is clearly intended for younger fantasy audiences. - D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review.

A motiveless kidnapping and a solo flight to the dark side of the moon are juxtaposed in William Corlett's extraordinary novel. At first the narratives seem unrelated until the reader sees the dramatic parallels in the two situations, which give the book its force and relevance. The story begins with the kidnapping. A boy is taken from his Scottish boarding school but there seems to be no reason behind the kidnapping: no ransom, no threats, just a note saying WE HAVE GOT YOUR BOY. MAY SOCIETY ROT AND THIS MESS OF A WORLD PERISH. While the police sift through the evidence, a lonely astronaut faces his private terrors during a critical moon flight.

Lost meets Michael Grant's Gone series, with a dash of Lord of the Flies When Johnno and his friends survive the freak storm that rips apart their yacht, they're just glad to be alive. That is, until reality hits: they've washed up on an uninhabited island with few supplies, no phone, and no way to get home. The situation becomes even more desperate when the four teenagers discover they are not alone on the island. There's a hideout where men with guns are covering up a dark secret that they will protect at any cost. With nowhere to run, Johnno and his friends are forced into a dangerous game with the criminals as they fight to save one of their own.

When James Wood arrived at summer camp, the only unusual thing about him was he'd changed schools three times in the past four years. But when he and four other teenagers are dropped off at camp by a man that seems to know more about them than they do and trapped inside by an invisible barrier, life gets...weird. One girl accidentally teleports, James makes a sword appear on a table, and a baseball game between friends becomes much more exciting when the pitcher has the strength to throw the ball faster than the speed of sound. After several days, the man that trapped them returns, bearing the story of the past and powers they all share. He informs them they were born in Jericho, a civilization on the dark side of the moon. Their parents, leaders of the city, were betrayed by a close friend and forced to disperse across the United States. And now, fourteen years later, James is expected to lead his friends into battle against an enemy they've never heard of in order to protect a home none of them remember. With his family already moved back into Jericho, James has nowhere familiar to run back to. He must face the unknown and fight or risk losing the only true friends he has ever known.

Who knew one step could change someone’s life? When Courtney Brown and Anna Baker discover Gemish, they think life cannot get any weirder. But it does. They meet people that supposedly didn’t exist, and find themselves in the greatest adventure of their lives. Using all of their resources, they battle dark forces with good ones. They gain friends and enemies. And they find that one step could indeed change their lives. "Cheryl Wilfred's The Dark Side provides a rollicking good read for audiences ages 7-12 and is a notable achievement for several reasons; not the least of which is that its young author achieved what few others her age have accomplished: writing a publishable fantasy adventure when she was only nine years old. Now eleven, Cheryl is seeing the book's actual publication thanks to Amazon's publishing platform; and to say that her story rivals many an adult writer's work for young adult audiences would be a fair assessment of her ability to spin an involving yarn and see it through to a satisfying conclusion. Cheryl''s inclusion of a host of seemingly disparate forces succeeds in creating different and unexpected threads of involvement and weaving a story that ties all of them together with twists, turns, and action. Characters are well drawn, time is taken to outline dilemmas, motivations, and to explain seeming diversions in logic, and the overall flavor is of a whimsical and light fantasy that is clearly intended for younger fantasy audiences (most young adult fantasies suffer from overly complex tales designed to reach into adult circles: clearly, The Dark Side is perfect for its intended age group and does not attempt to straddle the line between young adult and adult readers). The Dark Side's strengths lie in its bubbly interactions between protagonists, its specific writing suitable for ages 7-12, and a whimsical approach that lends refreshingly unexpected turns to an other world encounter. The fact that Courtney Brown and her friend are realistic, well-developed protagonists, and thoughtful adventurers who don't just react to life circumstances, but use creative problem-solving techniques in the process of making a difference in two worlds provides a story that is lively and fun." -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review.

Stacy wakes up in a hospital room, in a body she doesn't recognize. Her mother is dead--murdered--and Stacy is recovering from a gunshot wound. She is the only eyewitness to the crime, but she has only a shadowy memory of the killer's face. Will Stacy be able to regain a clear memory of that fateful day before the killer reaches her? "The Other Side of Dark" is one of Joan Lowery Nixon's most intriguing, suspenseful, and dramatic mysteries.

The Other Side of Dark is an intricate mystery that will leave you breathless.” Holly Black, bestselling author of Tithe There is too much death in Katie Mullen’s life—her mother, her father and now the ghosts. They come to Katie from the other side of dark. People who have died—recently, not so recently, in accidents, as suicide, as tragic pages from the past. When someone dies, their secrets die too. But if a ghost comes back, these secrets can speak again…. And that’s what Law Walker wants, a passage to the past, the key to a secret that will change everything. So what if his dad doesn’t want him dating a white girl? So what if people think Katie is crazy? Together they’re about to uncover a piece of Boston history that is so shocking it was buried centuries ago, and now, nothing will ever seem the same. Get ready to see people—dead and alive—for who they really are.