The Lives of Christopher Chant
by Diana Wynne Jones
A schoolboy discovers that in his dreams he travels to many worlds. I suppose the reason parallel worlds fiction appeals to children is because the child is a bit like a lunatic in some way…they haven’t yet been socialised or told the ways in which they have to direct their thoughts and censor their personalities.
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