Book Review by Dana Taylor

I’m happy to support fellow author, Ellis Nelson, and her new release of the middle school adventure, Down the Treacle Well. It’s been fun to watch this release unfold. Here is a short review:

Down the Treacle Well combines time travel, fantasy, and psychic phenomena in this fun adventure to Wonderland of Victorian England. While visiting Oxford, Ben and Kyle, two young American brothers, are tumbled back in time to 1864 to meet Reverend Charles Dodson, who later generations know as author, Lewis Carroll. It turns out Wonderland is a parallel universe and Alice has gone missing there. As the boys get drafted into rescuing the ever-curious, Alice, we get to meet many of the beloved Wonderland characters. Ben and Kyle each have psychic gifts and much of the character development revolves around Ben learning to embrace his special abilities. Author Ellis Nelson weaves the venerated Wonderland traditions with 21^st century characters and ideas into a fun “what-happens-next” page turner. Highly recommended for the middle school reader.

Ellis posted short YouTube videos along the path the publication. I especially enjoyed this one that gives a lot of background information to the original Alice in Wonderland tales. Also, Ellis is engaging to watch.

Below is the very well done book trailer. If you’ve got a young reader in your life, Down the Treacle Well would make an excellent gift for the holiday season.