322D: Magical Wooden Box (Solved)

A description of the book, with helpful details:

  • Children’s books, maybe for ages 10 – 13 years old.
  • Red cover (?) with possibly a tree on it
  • Small book, probably less than 200 pages
  • Main character was female (maybe 12ish years old) with a father who gave her a magical wooden box, when she opened it her and her friend were transported to another place (/world.)
  • My foggy memory remembers the two kids standing next to a tree at some point in the other place.
  • The girl finds out her dad has also been to the other place. He may have been a king on the other side or the kids thought he was the bad guy when he jumped through the portal (?)

I’m sorry I can’t recall anything more than this, I’m going off an 11-year-old’s mind over a decade later.

4 thoughts on “322D: Magical Wooden Box (Solved)

    1. Courtney Nicole

      Oh my gosh, Mama Squirrel, you are the best! That’s the book I have been trying to remember for the past decade. Thank you so much for your help!

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  1. Christine

    Possibly “The Boxes” by William Sleator, which was followed by a prequel “Marco’s Millions.” In the former, “Annie’s Uncle Marco goes on one of his mysterious trips, leaving her in charge of two sealed boxes on one condition: she must not open either one while he is away….” In both books, kids go through a portal to a weird other world which they must save.

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