Jane doe and the cradle of all worlds
Title:
Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds
(Jane Doe Chronicles #1)
Author:
Jeremy Lachlan
Genre:
Adventure/Fantasy
Intended audience:
MG
Date Read:
10/03/2025 – 16/03/2025
Rating:
★★★
Review:
Yes,
I know I’m not hugely into middle-grade books anymore and I am aware that affects my feelings towards this book. But I picked it up at a book fair or book swap or something a long time ago, and when it fit a readathon prompt this month, I decided to read it regardless.
The
book does have a lot of elements that I enjoy generally. The secondary world was interesting because it was a lot more modern than other fantasy settings. The patterns of speech, the technology, the ways of life all felt more recent than your typical medieval-or-equivalent setting.
Parallel
universes/gateways between worlds are also my jam, though we didn’t actually get to see a whole of lot of any other worlds until right at the end.
Jane
Doe is a fun character. She’s very mouthy and opinionated, something I feel a lot of MG/YA characters don’t get to be. So I liked that. She has spent most of her 14 years locked in a basement, with only a fe
Author(s): Jeremy Lachlan
Children's Novel
Step inside. Don't look back. Forward is the only way. His Dark Materials meets Mad Max in this unforgettable blockbuster adventure series about the world between the worlds, and one girl who is destined to save them all.
When a fierce quake strikes the remote island of Bluehaven, and her father disappears, Jane Doe is thrown headfirst into an epic quest to bring him home.
But this ain't no ordinary rescue mission. Her father is lost in a place between worlds; a dangerous labyrinth of shifting rooms, infernal booby traps and secret gateways. And Jane has to find him fast, because someone else is searching for him, too. A man who knows her father's secrets. A man who has an army. Along with a sidekick named Violet and the enigmatic Hickory, Jane is about to discover that this adventure is even bigger on the inside than it looks ...
This is the blockbuster adventure the worlds have been waiting for!
Perfect for:
Independent readers aged 10+ seeking fantasy/adventure with plenty of humour and heart
Parents, teachers, and librarians seeking entertaining middle-grade fiction&nb
The Cradle of All Worlds: The Jane Doe Chronicles
By Author / Illustrator
Jeremy Lachlan
Genre
Adventure
Age range(s)
11+
Publisher
Egmont UK Ltd
ISBN
9781405291330
Format
Paperback / softback
Published
09-08-2018
Synopsis
Stranger Things
meets Pullman's
Northern Lights
in this dark and magical fantasy adventure.
ONE OF GOODREADING'S TOP 5 REVIEWED BOOKS OF 2018!
Fourteen years ago, Jane Doe and her father arrived on the steps of the Manor - the entrance to a dangerous labyrinth connecting the island of Bluehaven to many other worlds. That was the same night the earthquakes started, and Jane and her silent, troubled father, John have been feared and despised ever since. When the strongest quake yet strikes and John disappears back into the Manor, Jane embarks on a perilous adventure to find her father and save her world - perhaps all worlds - from destruction ...
Fans of Phillip Pullman's
Dark Materials
, Rick Riordan's
Percy Jackson
adventures, Frances Hardinge and the Netflix blockbuster
Stranger Things
will love this heart-pounding and spell-binding middle grade adventure with its nod to the classic 80s movies
The Goonies
and
Indiana Jo
Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds
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The Jane Doe Chronicles
For countless centuries, the people of Bluehaven worshiped the Manor―trekking through its gateway to the Otherworlds, returning with tales of adventure―until the Night of All Catastrophes, when the Manor sealed its doors. On that very night, two strangers arrived in Bluehaven: John Doe… View available downloads →