On the day before Ide Noapte’s fourteenth birthday, she is greeted at school by Phyre Tynan, a girl who is visiting for the day. Phyre is cold and distant, and Ide’s attempts at friendship are futile; but Ide suspects that something about Phyre is “different”—sort of like everyone else in her small town of Naturalleies.
Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours, this is Ide and Phyre's account of a day that changed their perceptions of the world around them—a day when the girls discover that, no matter how bad life gets, there is always a flame at the end of the passage.
Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours, this is Ide and Phyre's account of a day that changed their perceptions of the world around them—a day when the girls discover that, no matter how bad life gets, there is always a flame at the end of the passage.
Praise for "The Flame at the End of the Passage"
"Thea Toocheck has stunned her audience once again … Thea's book has met and possibly exceeded expectations with its sparkling characterization, intriguing plot, and easily coveted writing style. I found that I was reluctant and sometimes seemingly unable to stop from reading more of Thea Toocheck's unbelievable addition to The Transcendence Series. Well done, Ms. Toocheck! We are all eagerly awaiting the fourth and final novel." —Julia
Music mentioned in the book
"Stupid" by Kacey Musgraves
"Born This Way" by Lady Gaga
"What Is This Feeling" by Stephen Schwartz
"I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift
"Should've Said No" by Taylor Swift
"For Good" by Stephen Schwartz
"Born This Way" by Lady Gaga
"What Is This Feeling" by Stephen Schwartz
"I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift
"Should've Said No" by Taylor Swift
"For Good" by Stephen Schwartz
Author's Note
This note isn't actually in the book, but … whatever.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that my friends' and my abbreviation for this book is FATE (Flame at the End). My friend Julia came up with this acronym while staring at her proof of the book during Choir (the comments about fate in the Acknowledgments and Ide and Phyre's last entries were added subsequently and partly because of this discovery). I am infatuated with this knowledge.
I also wanted to draw attention to Ide and Djimon's nicknames for each other. One of my favorite movies when I was little—and still to this day!—was the Studio Ghibli film "Kiki's Delivery Service." Djimon's nickname, Ji-Ji, is the name of the main character's (Kiki) cat, but I came up with the nickname while writing The Thirst Inside. When I realized the connection, I made Kiki Ide's nickname, and, yes, it does work, even though my brother thinks it doesn't (I think that he just doesn't want "his character" to be named after a cat).
This note isn't actually in the book, but … whatever.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that my friends' and my abbreviation for this book is FATE (Flame at the End). My friend Julia came up with this acronym while staring at her proof of the book during Choir (the comments about fate in the Acknowledgments and Ide and Phyre's last entries were added subsequently and partly because of this discovery). I am infatuated with this knowledge.
I also wanted to draw attention to Ide and Djimon's nicknames for each other. One of my favorite movies when I was little—and still to this day!—was the Studio Ghibli film "Kiki's Delivery Service." Djimon's nickname, Ji-Ji, is the name of the main character's (Kiki) cat, but I came up with the nickname while writing The Thirst Inside. When I realized the connection, I made Kiki Ide's nickname, and, yes, it does work, even though my brother thinks it doesn't (I think that he just doesn't want "his character" to be named after a cat).