The Passage At Moose Beach - Foster, Michael

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Résumé :
Eleven-year-old Alicia gets separated from her family in the woods during a rainstorm and steps into a parallel realm of magic, wonder, and danger. Can she find her way home? Alicia does come across as an intelligent, science-minded heroine for the modern era - Kirkus Reviews Winner - Distinguished Favorite in Independent Press Award Teen Fiction Get ready to dive into an enchanting adventure with Alicia, an eleven-year-old whose curiosity leads her to the unexpected. It all starts at Moose Beach, where a summer storm separates her from her dad. She stumbles through a shimmering portal in the woods that whisks her away to an extraordinary world where magic reigns and humans are nothing but myths. In this wondrous realm, Alicia befriends a quirky group of animal companions who guide her on a quest like no other. Together, they face the challenge of The Drying, a mysterious threat that's slowly draining the forest and the surrounding land of its life. With courage and quick thinking, Alicia must unravel the secrets of this parallel world and find her way back home. Join Alicia on a journey filled with heart-pounding excitement, magical discoveries, and friendships that change everything. Will she be able to save this realm and find her way back to her world? Dive into The Passage at Moose Beach and let your imagination soar! The Passage At Moose Beach is an enchantingly magical tale about finding friends in the unlikeliest of people and working together with them to achieve your wildest dreams. This book has been officially leveled by using F&P Text Leveling Gradient(TM) Leveling System. Level V ages 9 - 11....

Biographie:
Michael Foster works full time for a major tech company, and right now writing is a new hobby. Even with his busy work schedule, he finds time to enjoy the outdoors as much as possible, hiking and biking the many trails in the hills around home. He is an avid video gamer and always a people person with a wide network of friends in multiple countries. He loves to host backyard barbecues whenever possible.
Both of his parents were high school teachers and, as a child, Michael's family spent long summers at their cabin in Idaho. His maternal great-grandfather built the cabin in the late 1920's and enjoyed living there during the summers with his wife, especially with all of the guests who came to visit. Aunts, uncles, and cousins would all stop by the cabin for extended stays when Michael's family was there during the summer. Everyone chipped in to do their share of maintenance on the cabin, dock repairs, oiling the exterior wall's logs, chopping wood, and anything else the place needed, which created memories, too. However, when there was free time, Michael, his brother, and two sisters would endlessly explore the vast Boise National Forest around the cabin and lake. Michael calls himself a free-range child saying that his parents seldom knew where he was as his inquisitive nature kept him out and about, always exploring.
He knew where every stream was and every meadow where he might see deer. He caught every snake, frog, and salamander that crossed his path. Michael says he fell out of many a tree because he felt driven to climb everything he possibly could, just to get a better view. His adventurous spirit was not afraid to explore the murkiest corner of the lake, the icy cold streams, or the old logging roads. Michael says he never really got lost because the lake was such a huge landmark. He particularly loved running into wildlife which he frequently did on the logging roads near the cabin. Every summer, there was inevitably a visit to the emergency room during family visits to the cabin, his parents knew to expect it. With no electronics to distract them back then, he and his siblings would make up games to play in the woods, they all developed a great love of outdoors.
Another thing Michael's parents instilled was a strong love of reading; he has been an avid reader all his life. Heavily involved in choir during his school years, Michael was very musical and studied classical piano for ten years. During high school is when he began writing music for himself, family and friends. Later, during his twenty's Michael's father taught him to play guitar which became a favorite campfire activity when the family was not sitting around the large dining table in the cabin, playing Crazy Eights or Tripoly. He has always cared about people and became involved in an inter-personal communications group in high school as one of the counselors. The group facilitated peer to peer counseling for kids who were fighting or being bullies.
Michael has enjoyed watching his adult daughter grow into the same nature loving the adventurous person he was and draws writing inspiration from both his own experiences at the lake and watching his wife and daughter experience the woods in their own way.

Sommaire:
Michael Foster lives in California and works full time in the video game industry. He is an avid gamer, musician, and reader. As a child, Michael spent long summers at his family's cabin in Idaho. He would endlessly explore the vast Boise National Forest around the cabin and lake, searching for hidden secrets tucked away in the shadowy spaces. Michael continues to spend as much time at his cabin as possible, and the Wild Side trilogy was imagined and written there. It has been an opportunity for Michael to rediscover his love of nature and the memories of childhood. Michael has enjoyed watching his daughter grow into the same nature-loving and adventurous person he is, and draws writing inspiration from both his own experiences at the lake, and watching his family discover and enjoy the woods in their own way....