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WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS LIVING YOUR LIFE? SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX...Naia has a double in another version of her reality. A male double. His name is Alaric. For almost seventeen years their lives have been identical but for one thing. Alaric's mother died following a train derailment two years ago - the same derailment that Naia’s mother survived. Now Naia and Alaric meet for the first time, with disastrous consequences for one of them. Consequences that will change a great many lives without anyone even suspecting it. Suddenly, nothing can be predicted or counted on - for anyone, anywhere.A CRACK IN THE LINE is the first of a much-praised three-novel sequence called The Aldous Lexicon. Volume two is SMALL ETERNITIES, volume three THE UNDERWOOD SEE. While the trilogy was written with teenagers in mind, in 2020 the author created an alternative version, in a single volume, for adults. This is called MOORHENS, and it is also available as a Kindle ebook. In MOORHENS all the character names and place names are different - as is the house name. It is no longer Withern Rise but, as the title suggests, Moorhens – and the two young leads are a more mature 20-21. There is some additional material in Moorhens, a great deal of revised writing, and a heightening of the profiles of the two main female characters.Set in England - primarily in 2005 but ranging back and forth over many years - the Aldous Lexicon trilogy was originally published in the US by Greenwillow and HarperTeen as The Withern Rise Trilogy. A Crack in the Line was shortlisted for: The Michael L. Printz Award (US)The Georgia Peach Book Award (US)The Lancashire Children's Book of the Year AwardThe North-East of England Book AwardRecommended by The American Library Association as one of the year's most imaginative works of fiction.'The book's conclusion, with its shocking metamorphosis, is sure to spark passionate discussion' (Booklist Starred Review, US)'A spine-tingling thriller about parallel worlds. These are brilliant, thought-provoking novels about grief, responsibility and choice.' (The Times, London)'A thought-provoking tale packed with mystery and suspense' (The Bookseller)‘At once incisive and insightful, this criminally under-rated sequence represents some the strongest and most influential contributions to teenage fiction in recent years.’ (Jake Hope, Achuka)'Emotionally wrenching yet satisfying' (Locus Magazine, US)

The mystery has begun Alaric It's been two years since his mother died in a terrible train crash, and Alaric's life continues to unravel. He and his father are barely on speaking terms, and Withern Rise, their Victorian mansion, is in shambles. Trapped at home during a blizzard, Alaric stumbles into a parallel world; a reality in which his mother is still alive. There's only one problem ... someone else is living his life. Naia Naia tries not to dwell on the horrible accident two years ago that nearly took her mother away. Now that life with her parents in Withern Rise has returned to normal, Naia thinks the worst is behind her. But during a freak snowstorm she's confronted by a stranger. Why does this boy look like her? Why does he have the same thoughts? The same memories? Who is he? Alaric's and Naia's discovery of each other sets off an electrifying chain of events. And as their lives - and lifelines - entwine, the two teenagers uncover a truth with the power to rearrange, or even erase, their very existence.

Four months ago in the snowy depths of winter, Alaric and Naia, two teenagers who'd never met, discovered they were living almost identical lives in different versions of Withern Rise, their riverside Victorian mansion. One day, they accidentally stranded themselves in the wrong realities. Now it's summer, and heavy rains have caused the river to overflow. Withern Rise's grounds are under water when Alaric and Naia find their separate ways into an earlier reality -- a small eternity -- and meet a boy called Aldous. Aldous Underwood. But who is this Aldous? Is he the old vagrant Naia has met in the present day, or an Aldous destined to die very soon, under mysterious circumstances? And will their meeting change Underwood history?

Four months ago, Alaric and Naia, two teenagers who'd never met, discovered they were living almost identical lives at alternate versions of Withern Rise, their family's riverside home. One day, they accidentally stranded themselves in the wrong realities. It's summer now, and heavy rains have caused the river to overflow. Withern Rise's grounds are under water. When Alaric and Naia find their separate ways into an earlier reality, they meet a boy called Aldous Underwood. Who is he? Could he be the old vagrant Naia has met in the present day? Or is he destined to die tragically young? And will their meeting change Underwood history?

Four months ago in the snowy depths of winter, Alaric and Naia, two teenagers who'd never met, discovered they were living almost identical lives in different versions of Withern Rise, their riverside Victorian mansion. One day, they accidentally stranded themselves in the wrong realities. Now it's summer, and heavy rains have caused the river to overflow. Withern Rise's grounds are under water when Alaric and Naia find their separate ways into an earlier reality -- a small eternity -- and meet a boy called Aldous. Aldous Underwood. But who is this Aldous? Is he the old vagrant Naia has met in the present day, or an Aldous destined to die very soon, under mysterious circumstances? And will their meeting change Underwood history?

The mystery has begun Alaric It's been two years since his mother died in a terrible train crash, and Alaric's life continues to unravel. He and his father are barely on speaking terms, and Withern Rise, their Victorian mansion, is in shambles. Trapped at home during a blizzard, Alaric stumbles into a parallel world; a reality in which his mother is still alive. There's only one problem ... someone else is living his life. Naia Naia tries not to dwell on the horrible accident two years ago that nearly took her mother away. Now that life with her parents in Withern Rise has returned to normal, Naia thinks the worst is behind her. But during a freak snowstorm she's confronted by a stranger. Why does this boy look like her? Why does he have the same thoughts? The same memories? Who is he? Alaric's and Naia's discovery of each other sets off an electrifying chain of events. And as their lives - and lifelines - entwine, the two teenagers uncover a truth with the power to rearrange, or even erase, their very existence.