They said her grandfather was dead.
Grab Portal Through the Pond and land in an alien world.
If your kids have blown Through the Land of Stories, devoured the Keeper of the Lost Cities, or can\'t wait for the next Wings of Fire, make the complete Empty World Saga their next read.
Will Christy be able to find her grandfather, rescue Rob, and return safely to Earth before she becomes a permanent resident of the Empty World?Portal Through the Pond is the first book in the Empty World Saga, a science fiction adventure series for kids aged 8-12.
Meanwhile on Earth, the grown-ups launch a frantic search, and they\'re willing to drain the Pond to find out what happened.
In order to rescue Rob, she\'ll have to brave a bizarre alien landscape, evade hostile creatures, and protect Danny, the boy from next door who followed her Through the portal.
Since no one would believe her if she told them the truth about the pond, Christy arranges her own rescue party.
Christy tries to respect her grandmother\'s final wishes and not go exploring, but when a classmate named Rob falls into the pond, she has to act.
What\'s more, she learns that her grandfather went Through the Portal when he mysteriously "disappeared" nine years ago.
When her grandmother dies, 13-year-old Christy inherits an old family secret: the Pond behind her house is in fact a Portal to another world.
Christy knows they\'re wrong.
They said her grandmother was crazy.
They said her grandfather was dead
