~*PDF $^EPubRead !Book In Other Lands FOR ANY DE

<i>“What’s your name?”<br /><br />“Serene.”<br /><br />“Serena?” Elliot asked.<br /><br />“Serene,” said Serene. “My full name is Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle.”<br /><br />Elliot’s mouth fell open. “That is badass.”</i><br /><br />The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border—unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay.) There are elves, harpies, and—best of all as far as Elliot is concerned—mermaids.<br /><br />Elliot? Who’s Elliot? Elliot is thirteen years old. He’s smart and just a tiny bit obnoxious. Sometimes more than a tiny bit. When his class goes on a field trip and he can see a wall that no one else can see, he is given the chance to go to school in the Borderlands.<br /><br />It turns out that on the other side of the wall, classes involve a lot more weaponry and fitness training and fewer mermaids than he expected. On the other hand, ther