In Other Lands

“What’s your name?”
“Serene.”
“Serena?” Elliot asked.
“Serene,” said Serene. “My full name is Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle.”
Elliot’s mouth fell open. “That is badass.”
The
 Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or 
any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border—unless
 you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are 
okay.) There are elves, harpies, and—best of all as far as Elliot is 
concerned—mermaids.
Elliot? Who’s Elliot? Elliot is thirteen 
years old. He’s smart and just a tiny bit obnoxious. Sometimes more than
 a tiny bit. When his class goes on a field trip and he can see a wall 
that no one else can see, he is given the chance to go to school in the 
Borderlands.
It turns out that on the other side of the wall, 
classes involve a lot more weaponry and fitness training and fewer 
mermaids than he expected. On the other hand, there’s 
Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle, an elven warrior who is more 
beautiful than anyone Elliot has ever seen, and then there’s her human 
friend Luke: sunny, blond, and annoyingly likeable. There are lots of 
interesting books. There’s even the chance Elliot might be able to 
change the world.
Category:Best YA novel (not a Hugo)
Category:Bisexual representation
Category:YA books
Category:Lgbt+ book
Category:Love
Category:Humor