Description
trapped in a world that time forgot
Josh is hitchhiking his way from Massachusetts to Dallas and a new life he didn’t ask for and doesn’t want, when he is beaten, robbed, and abandoned beside a remote mountain road. He awakes in a strange, primitive village called Canara, seemingly hidden from the modern world, with no cars or telephones or electricity.
But are the people of Canara Josh’s rescuers or his jailers? As he slowly heals from his injuries and the tragedy he has been running away from, Josh begins to realize that Canara is far stranger than just an isolated community passed over by time. How can hills and trees shift in place, and even buildings appear and then vanish? Why can’t he escape from Canara? And does he really want to?
In this “masterfully crafted tale of mystery, magic, and madness” (“Booklist”), a young hitchhiker finds himself rescued by Melungeons, descendents of early Portuguese settlers of the Appalachians. Taken to their primitive village, he realizes it is a world from which he cannot escape.
Simon Pulse
Juvenile Fiction
Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction
Edition: Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction
Keywords: Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction
