Mountain, Meadow, and Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History (1873)

Have you ever felt trapped in your own life? Have you ever wished to be something more than ordinary? These are feelings that Roy Blackwell and his friend Vince know all too well. Fortunately for them, their lives are about to change. When Roy inherits a deceased loneras mansion by sheer happenstance, he stumbles upon a strange, locked door in the attic. When he also discovers an odd key hidden in the house, he unlocks the mysterious door and finds something behind it that he never could have imagined: an entirely enchanting, new worlda]and it is in danger. When the two friends stray through the door and discover the horrors that lurk on the other side, they set out to get back. When they get in over their heads, however, they learn that they must save this magical world if they want to get homea]but only if they can survive long enough.