Thirteen-year-old Gordy Jones has spent most of his life trying not to be noticed. Bullied at school, lonely at home, and tired of feeling powerless, Gordy reaches a breaking point one night and screams at the world to disappear. Instead, the world opens. Beyond the tear in reality waits a blank white universe where pain can be healed, stars can be born, and anything Gordy imagines can become real. With the help of Sarah, the new girl at school, Gordy creates Auroria: a secret world of silver trees, golden birds, glowing skies, and impossible freedom. But Auroria is not as empty as it first seemed. When one of Gordy's bullies is pulled into the world, something ancient stirs beneath the beauty. Something that feeds on fear. Something that knows what loneliness can become. To save Auroria, Gordy must face the boys who hurt him, the darkness he awakened, and the hardest truth of all: making a world is easy. Taking care of one is not.
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