ONCE UPON A WARDROBE

ONCE UPON A WARDROBE by Patti Callahan

Let's kick this first week of the New Year off with a Top Pick selection! I loved Patti Callahan's Once Upon a Wardrobe from the moment I first dove into it. After all, what's not to love about a book mixing together bits of Narnia and bits of C S. Lewis' true life encased in a sweet story of its own.

George Henry Devonshire is just a child, but he is wiser than his 8 years due to an incurable heart problem and his love of Narnia. He has 1 request of his older sister Meg, who attends Oxford where C.S. Lewis teaches. He wants to know how Narnia came to be. Did Lewis pen this amazing tale based on an imaginary place in his mind or is there more to it?

Mathematically inclined Meg has no desire to spend time chasing fantasies, and she is intimidated at the idea of approaching this well known author. But doors in her own life need opened and walked through to experience a larger story than the one she has been currently living.

Callahan does an amazing job of delivering up to us a feast of a story. Appropriate for 9th grade and above.