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   Three teens are pulled from their tree house into a strange world after following the directions in a book.
   After being led into an underground city they are coerced into setting a bomb with the idea that it will destroy the cause of the radiation that is polluting the world above ground.
   While setting the bomb it goes off prematurely nearly killing the teens.  After recovering they discover that they now have super powers.  It is a stoke of luck.  It is only with these powers that they have a chance to make it out of this world alive.


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   In an effort to save Wendy, Brainy and Thumper have to carry her to another land in search of a certain type of  berry.  When they get there, there is only a single one left.  It is not enough.  Now, they are forced to go into the city in search of more berries.  This is the city of the Night Stalkers.  They are a predominantly feral group who hunt at night because the daylight hurts them, much like the vampire.
   There is one female in the group who helps the teens putting her own life in danger.

   The teens go in search of a man known as 'the wizard'.  They are told that he can send them back to earth.
   They are instructed by a man with a cowboy hat named Andy to go north.  There are no roads or markers to go by.  They simply head north through woods and fields in hopes of finding the small town he lives in.
   They are faced with several obstacles and encounters on their way.  There is the bird man, the stone giants, a gang called the Gaffs, a giant beast, and a clown.
   

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This book is the compilation of Other World, Night Stalkers, and The Wizard.

   Three teens, Brainy, Wendy, and Thumper , are drawn through a doorway into another world after following
the directions in a book that they found in a reputed haunted house.  
   They are met by a little man who leads them to an underground city.  There, the teens are coerced into planting a bomb to destroy the cause of the radiation that is making life above ground unlivable except for one unique group of people who have adapted to it. 
   After setting the bomb something goes horribly wrong.  The bomb goes off prematurely and they are almost killed.  Shortly after their close encounter with death they develop super powers.
   On their journey to find their way home they must use their powers to fight an army, a feral band of vampire-like people, giant stone men, and a host of virulent creatures.
   But their are humorous times as well such as: when they meet the cowboy, the birdman, and the clown.

     While on a church invite to an upcoming revival the assistant pastor and two children encounter a cantankerous old man sitting on his front porch swing.  The old man demands that they stay off his property.  He is not interested in what they have to say.  Against the wishes of the assistant pastor twelve-year-old Emily Teagle strode up to the front porch to give the man a religious track.  In anger, the man throws the track on the floor.  The assistant pastor takes Emily’s hand and they leave.
     Emily returns the next day and offers to cut the man’s grass.  At first, he refuses, but she is relentless.  Later, she learns that his name is Buck.  Through her stubbornness a close relationship begins to form.  As time goes by Emily learns of the man’s fractured life that has brought him to where he is.  With her help and a determination to follow God’s leading she sets out to help Buck mend his life.  For a time, things go well, but then tragedy strikes and it seems that Buck’s past is about to repeat itself.

THE OLD MAN AND THE GIRL REVIEW.

     This heartwarming story is fiction but could easily be about real life.  Once I started reading it I could hardly put it down.  The principal characters represent experiences and relationships with which many of us can identify.  I am confident that elementary aged youngsters all the way through senior adults will find the book to be most interesting and for sure, inspiring.  However, let me offer a word of suggestion as the story is being read.  Do not do as many do when reading a novel.  By that I mean, refrain from turning to the back and reading how the story ends before beginning at the start and reading through the final chapter!  That is to say, read it from beginning to end to get the full impact of the story.  I really enjoyed the narrative and recommend it most highly.  Congratulations Gary Martin on writing such a captivating description of a sad, old man and a thoughtful, caring, and energetic young girl.
 
 
B. Carlisle Driggers
Pastor, Lake Country Baptist Church
Eatonton, Georgia