The World Inside

With her best friends off enjoying Paris and her mom expressing disapproval at every turn, Tamika Warren knows her summer can't get any worse. Then her family gets the news that her great-aunt has fallen into a coma. Tamika is stuck joining her mom in Virginia to prepare Aunt Lati's old farmhouse for when she wakes up. As if that weren't bad enough, a friendly neighbor describes the farmhouse as "haunted." Tamika is stunned from the moment she steps into the farmhouse-but from the beautiful landscape paintings covering every wall, all of them done by Aunt Lati. A developing artist herself, Tamika is eager to know the great-aunt who created these amazing paintings. But Aunt Lati still hasn't woken up from her coma. And the longer Tamika and her mom stay in the farmhouse, the stranger things become. The paintings within the farmhouse seem to react to Tamika's presence, hinting at disturbing secrets, until it seems like the paintings themselves long to ooze out into the real world. But that's not possible, is it? Characterized by exciting, fast-paced plots and themes that are relevant for high school students, Horizon's Hi-Lo books are both engaging and easy to read. Short chapters, simple sentence structures, and an accessible format make these books perfect for teen reluctant readers. Horizon books are written at a 2nd- to 3rd-grade reading level with an interest level of ages 14 and up.

Author: Jan Fields
Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
Published: 08/01/2025
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781631639562
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2025
Foreword 06/22/2025

About the Author
Fields, Jan: - Having written dozens of books for children and adults, Jan Fields turns to each new project with the goal of writing the mix of action, adventure, and weird that she has always loved to read. In every book, somebody somewhere needs to start running. Though she grew up in North Carolina, she now lives in New England with her husband and daughter, where they track down weird museums and attractions every chance they get.