Book description
Can I Get There by Candlelight? is Jean Slaughter Doty's story of a young girl and her closest friend-a pony named Candlelight.
Lonely and unhappy after her family moves to the East and with only her pony, Candlelight, for company, Gail meets Hilary who is later killed in a pony-cart…
Why read it?
1 author picked Can I Get There by Candlelight? as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is technically more ghost/time travel than strictly fantasy, but it was the book that opened my eyes to the idea of “portal fantasy.” It’s the story of a teenage girl in an old mansion who is able, with her horse, Candlelight, to travel through a portal and meet the girl who lived in the mansion many years before her. It was mysterious, slightly spooky, and used the idea of parallel worlds in such a unique way. I read hundreds of books as a teen, but this one really stuck with me.
From Sarah's list on portal fantasy adventures.
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