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About Neverworld: The other side of the map

Sixteen-year-old Samantha Beckett is just trying to get home from school when her life fractures in an instant. Chased through backyards by two strange boys in a white van, she and her best friend Charley barely escape—only to encounter Captain Bartholomew Jones, a mysterious man who claims he was sent to deliver Samantha to her mother… the woman who abandoned her at birth. Driven by a lifetime of unanswered questions, Samantha agrees to follow him—on one condition: Charley comes too. Deep in the woods near her home, Jones leads them into a ring of mushrooms and drives a silver spoon into the earth. The world shatters. Light explodes. And Samantha wakes in a land unlike anything she’s ever known. Neverworld. A brutal realm of swordfights and sailing ships. A world without electricity, without mercy, without safety. A place where monsters roam, storms devour fleets, and strangers hunt her for reasons she doesn’t understand. To survive, Samantha and Charley must outrun kidnappers, face typhoons, battle creatures of legend, and uncover the truth about Samantha’s mother—and why she was abandoned. Because in Neverworld, survival isn’t guaranteed. And only the quick, the brave, and the strong live long enough to find the truth.

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