If you are looking for something to read that will hold your attention for the duration then 100 Cupboards is the book for you.

When Henry York’s parents get kidnapped in South America he goes to live with his relatives in Henry, Kansas. They include his Uncle Frank, aunt Dotty and three cousins, Henrietta, Penelope, and Anastasia..

Henry has been so protected all of his life that he is actually enjoying living with his aunty and uncle. He truly knows nothing of the world. He was never allowed to play baseball. He has never drank a soda, and when his uncle gives him an old knife, he is very excited since he was never allowed to use a knife. Henry is given a room in the attic. He hears a scratching noise at night and then feels bits of plaster fall on him. As he begins to investigate he discovers his wall is full of little cupboards. These cupboards lead to other worlds.

Henry gets up in the middle of the night and sees a strange man come out of the bathroom and go into his grandfather’s locked room. No one has been able to get into that room. With Henrietta’s help they find their grandfather’s journals that explain how to use the portals and they discover the largest cupboard in grandfather’s room. Feeling apprehensive he and Henrietta begin their exploration and wake up something that maybe should have been awakened. ( )

Reviewed by Allison Fraclose for TeensReadToo.com

Twelve-year-old Henry York's world-traveling parents have been kidnapped, so he has moved in with his aunt, uncle, and three cousins at their old farm home in Henry, Kansas. Even though he's stuck in a tiny converted closet up in the attic, Henry almost doesn't mind living with his relatives. In fact, he's kind of excited about it, because for the first time in his life, he can play baseball without a helmet, sit in the back of a truck, and own a knife of his very own (which his Uncle Frank bought for him).

One night, while Henry's lying on his bed in the little attic closet, a piece of plaster falls off of the wall behind him and hits him in the head. With his cousin Henrietta's help, he rips down all of the plaster on that one side to discover an entire wall of mysterious cupboards. In one, they can see a glowing yellow room and a man's leg. From another, wind howls and rain pours into the room when the door is opened.

Most of the cupboards are locked, but there is another mystery waiting in Grandfather's bedroom, which hasn't been opened since he passed away two years ago. Are all of these locked doors somehow connected? More importantly, what wonderful (or terrifying) things lie beyond them...?

Despite a slow start and a rather convoluted ending, this story certainly delivers for those itching for the blood-curdling and creepy. ( )

not nearly as good as it sounds ( )

Henry is a boy who travels to Henry, Kansas to live with his aunt and uncle after his parents are kidnapped. He discovered 99 cupboards behind his wall, each opening to another world.

A very fun story. I enjoyed it a lot. You can tell during the reading of it that it is setting up for a sequel. ( )

first line: "Henry, Kansas, is a hot town."

A boy named discovers portals to other worlds as well as truths about his own heritage while visiting relatives in an otherwise sleepy-seeming small Kansas town. This well-imagined book is the first in a fantasy series for children. ( )