I need another book icon.
Jul. 1st, 2010 10:14 pmMartha Bacon's The Third Road. It's difficult to describe, and while it seems to be available through Amazon, there's no description that I can see. I don't know that it's that out of the ordinary for a '70s children's fantasy, but for me it was special.
Three children go to visit their unusual grandparents in California. They find a unicorn in the paddock among the horses, and that is just the beginning. There's magic and history and time travel, a lapdog and Quetzacoatl, players and priests, and all of it is the way to the Third Road and Hy Brasil. The enchantment mixes with reality and the adults don't disbelieve.
I so wanted to find the Third Road myself. Haven't yet, but I keep hoping.
Three children go to visit their unusual grandparents in California. They find a unicorn in the paddock among the horses, and that is just the beginning. There's magic and history and time travel, a lapdog and Quetzacoatl, players and priests, and all of it is the way to the Third Road and Hy Brasil. The enchantment mixes with reality and the adults don't disbelieve.
I so wanted to find the Third Road myself. Haven't yet, but I keep hoping.