Does it matter how the world came to be what it is, or should we focus on what it has become-and what we want it to be? In other words, is reconstructing the past a good use of time when we could instead be inventing the future?.What would you ask someone who was alive a thousand years ago, if they popped out of a very high-tech time capsule? Of everyone who was alive in the world back then, who would you want to talk to?.Should we ask our parents or grandparents, or other older people in our lives, to tell us what the world was like when they were growing up? If so, can we trust them to remember things accurately, or to share them honestly?.If you wanted to learn about a certain time in the past, would you rather read a book, visit a museum, watch a documentary, or explore an old architectural site?.What do you think the world was like a hundred years ago? How about the exact place where you're sitting or standing or lying down right now?.He's hurt, scared, lost and wants to go home. He knows it is not like this where he comes from.

Why did this man want to kill the deer, for Jon senses that was his intention? And for the first time Jon feels hatred. He has never met anyone like this cruel man. He can sense thoughts and feelings and talk to animals. Jon can 'lighten' his feet to run and leap like a deer. The Beans take him in and do their best to care for him and help him as he tries to regain his memory and find his way home. They're not like the others he's been hiding from after being mistreated when he inadvertently ruins a poacher's shot at a deer and fawn. Thomas and Mary Bean, their son Brooks, daughter Sally and dog Rascal are people that Jon senses are like his people. With the locals out alien hunting and the government getting involved, Jon is in a tight spot. And the other humans, he's sure they are also humans, are not like any he knows. His present surroundings are familiar and not familiar, somehow not quite right.

In other words he sticks out like a sore thumb. You can't help but like Jon, he's friendly, doesn't lie, is gentle and kind to animals. Jon must find the secret way back to his planet-before it's too late.' Soon the family who befriends him is in great danger, too. He only knows that he has fallen through the forgotten door to the strange planet, Earth, and that he is in great danger. 'Who is the strange boy who can talk to animals and read people's minds? Where does he come from? The boy, Jon, has lost his memory and does not know. The portion of the following text in quotes is the description off the back cover because it's a really good summary. I think it's cover, which is the original, is somehow more intriguing than the later releases. The book is 140 pages with a drawing at the beginning of each of the 12 chapters. This is a Scholastic book I got around 1965-66 while in grade school.

The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key