Jane's Adventures in and Out of the Book

by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879511222
• ISBN13: 9780879511227
• Release Date: August 1981
• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Wish it was back in print!!!!!

I loved this book and still remember laying in bed and not going to sleep because I just couldn't wait to read the next adventure. I got into so much trouble because I wouldn't put the book down to do anything!! I only wish that it was back in print or that I could find a seller that would offer a large amount of these books so that I can use them with my students.

A classic

I guess I read this book when I was 14 or 15...though I would have thought I was younger, that was how old I was in 1981 when it was published. At any rate, I have very fond recollections of it, 20+ years later. Don't recall all the particulars, but a very engaging book about a young girl who sinks into the pages of a huge old book...each time emerging in the middle of a fresh adventure. Worth a read, or a re-read.

A splendid fantasy suited for youngsters

Who hasn't dreamed of stepping out of the boring reality of everyday life and into some wonderful fantasy world? In this delightful tale by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, that's exactly what young Jane Charlington does when she finds an enormous book in a supposedly haunted wing of her family's castle.I read this book around age ten when my grandmother gave it to my sister for Christmas, finishing it in a couple of hours. My normal fare at that age was Tom Swift, and the presence of a female protagonist offered a breath of fresh air into the world of fantasy and adventure I lived in at the time. I highly recommend this book for both young boys and girls alike--there's adventure for all inside the magical book within this story.