The Portal

The Cort Chronicles Book 1

By: David D. Bernstein

Narrated by: Geoff Sturtevant

After falling into a time portal during a Little League baseball game in Trinity, New York, 11-year-old Andy finds himself transported to a ghostly version of his hometown - 101 years in the future. Twisted metal, rotten wood, and garbage litter the seemingly empty streets, but Andy will soon discover that the city is controlled by CORT robots...and that this reality is Earth’s possible future. When 13-year-old Zack receives a strange letter that guides him through the portal, he and his brother are reunited, and together they must journey through a nightmare world that only they can change. But how can two young boys alter the present by saving the future?

©2017 David D. Bernstein (P)2021 David D. Bernstein

Interesting YA book

The Portal starts with an interesting premise and ends with you wanting more(which is good since it’s a series!)I would put it in a tween category. Characters are like able and the narrator is easy to listen too. I’d recommend for the kids in your life from 9-12.

Enjoying❤️

Very interesting to listen! I am waiting for another. Really it was an awesome. I will recommend to my others cousin.

Delightful!

Really interesting time travel book! We are in the near future and the 2 boys are necessary to correct the problems in the future! love the narrator's separation of the characters. Enjoyable!

A Time Travel Gem!

Fantastic story, and not only for the younger audience, but also any age group (52). As the captivating narrator takes you on Bernsteins' journey into a dystopian future, you immediately become spellbound by this new world and the two little brothers who find themselves seemly trapped after a portal takes them there. The story is easy to follow and filled with an extraordinary imagination. I will be purchasing this book for Christmas gifts. I highly recommend for all lovers of exceptional writing!
--Shana Congrove/Author of the Novels of the Breedline series

This is just the beginning

While I really want to like this story, it has a cool time travel element with a dystopian future, I can’t give this a complete review, since this isn’t a full story arc. It’s more like act 1. Plus as a MG story, jumping POVs is making it difficult to connect with a protagonist for me. The narrator has a comforting voice, but I don’t feel like he varies his voice enough for different characters and isn’t immersing me in the story as much as I want. I hope listening to the next two books in this trilogy will be a satisfying arc.