Published in 2003
by Pamela Dean
When I first picked up this book, I read that it was about children who play a fantasy world together. Then all the sudden, they can no longer play this game because two are separated from the others and the world cannot be continued. Then, to solve the problem, Dean creates a bridge between reality and their fantasy world, through the use of swords. Somehow, swords that could let them travel to "Secret Country" existed near their homes and they could all play together. None of this really makes any sense. Why? Because I don't think Dean can keep my attention long enough in the ordinary parts of her book and I tend to skim over things. Does it really make sense for swords to be in easily found places and just to have kids find them? How do the swords even work? How would they be able to relate a made-up fantasy world and make it reality?
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