Race to Fire Mountain (Future Hero #1) Remi Blackwood. 2022. [August] 144 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Jarell raced up the five flights of stairs to his apartment, but he couldn't escape the memory of his classmates' laughter. Or his teacher's very angry face.
Premise/plot: After a bad day at school, Jarell realizes he has lost his house key. While waiting for his older (and much annoyed brother) to come home to let him in, he decides to visit his cousin Omari in his barber shop. He meets his cousin's new business partner, and, well, his life won't be the same again. He's given the VIP treatment, and, well learns that he can access another realm through a magical mirror. He is in fact...wait for it, wait for it...the future hero. He travels through the mirror to a magical realm, Ulfrica, and action and adventure await....
My thoughts: I do enjoy the travel-to-another-realm-through-magic genre or sub-genre. This one is for younger readers--I'd say mid-to-upper elementary school. It is illustrated. But it is not an early chapter book or graphic novel. This first book sets the stage and establishes characters. Further books probably will hold even more action/adventure in a fantasy realm.
© 2022 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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