What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I read this book in early middle school and it was probably written in the 90s or early 2000s (a series, I think). I remember a lot of small details about the book, but nothing that gives me results on any search engine. I am almost positive the title is just the one word that is the name of the magical portal land and it definitely sounds something like shatakura (however helpful that is). The main character is a girl who I'm pretty sure has red hair and her guy best friend is heavily involved. In the beginning she's in the woods behind her house with her best friend who has a boring name and somehow or other she gets covered in a pile of rocks and is going to die unless she can get out. Somehow she does escape and there's this gem or stone she earns from having survived the rocks. There are more elemental-related trials that she survives (almost drowning in water) and discovers more stones. Eventually she discovers this cave I believe and she needs the stones to get into this magical world. This series also involves trolls (?) that try to get her and at one point they capture her friends or are her friends in disguise? This is all I remember, but I NEED to know what this book is, please help!!

Abarat?

kell_xavi wrote: "Abarat?"

No, that's not it unfortunately.

The Secrets of Droon ?

Sammi wrote: "The Secrets of Droon ?"

No, not this either. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if the book I'm thinking of belongs to a series, which I know Droon is. It could've been a stand alone...

Does anything on the Red Hair list look familiar?

Maybe the Alosha series by Christopher Pike?

I haven't read it, but the description mentions trolls, and the girl on the cover of the books has red hair.

It's a trilogy:
Alosha
The Shaktra
The Yanti

Ugh, I really wish there was a way to tag users. There isn't, is there? Just in case: @Jo, is this your book?

I don't know if people are still getting emails when a new comment gets posted. I will get a notification on this website but I no longer get emails. Now the only emails I get from goodreads are about book giveaways.

You're still getting comment notifications for this group?

I'm not, even though I've opted in. My group notifications went out over a month ago and haven't returned. :/

Rainbowheart wrote: "You're still getting comment notifications for this group?

I'm not, even though I've opted in. My group notifications went out over a month ago and haven't returned. :/"

I'll only get the notification bell in the upper right corner in goodreads for new comments. I don't get email notifications anymore.

The only emails I have been getting from goodreads are the book giveaways and the 'you've finished so-and-so book' emails. :(

@Rainbowheart and Jade,

I'm getting the little notification bell thing for comment notifications, but not emails. I think, but am not positive, that I'm only getting the bell notifications for anything I clicked the little notification box on after Goodreads took away that little box and then gave it back, or whatever the glitch was tht caused it to stop working originally. I think (but don't really have any way of testing) that anything I requested notifications on from before the Great Denotification Event is just lost to the mists of time.

Sigh.

Anyway I friend requested OP in the hopes that then I can send her a message that she has a suggestion. Because apparently I have too much time on my hands.

It's a good idea to send a friend request! We used to be able to private message people without being friends, but I'm not sure if Goodreads took that option away.

I'm bummed about the notifications! I've opted in by checking the box for "Notify me when people comment," but I'm still getting zero notification bell alerts for this group. They stopped on December 16.

Some people I think have their settings to accept messages from anyone, some people only accept messages from friends, I think? Not sure.

That's so frustrating. Sometimes I have to check the "notify me" box and then refresh the screen to make sure it stays checked, and if not, I check it again... So glitchy!

Rainbowheart wrote: "It's a good idea to send a friend request! We used to be able to private message people without being friends, but I'm not sure if Goodreads took that option away.

I'm bummed about the notificatio..."

I'm impressed that you are still keeping up with all the different topics in here if you are not getting any notifications!! I was mad when the emails stopped coming, I can't imagine how difficult it is for you! :(

You know what, I got logged out and logged back in, and now my notifications are working! Speak of the devil, lol. As soon as I start complaining about them, they come back.

This will make it a lot easier to follow the group discussions!

Yeah weird I just got 50 notifications, many for things I'm not following. It will take a while to sort through them. :)

Kat wrote: "Maybe the Alosha series by Christopher Pike?

I haven't read it, but the description mentions trolls, and the girl on the cover of the books has red hair.

It's a trilogy:
[book:Alos..."

OMG THIS IS IT!!! Kat, thank you so much for finding me and the series. The moment I saw the second book in the series' titles, I knew you had it. Thank you x10!

Yay! Glad it's solved.

I've apparently made it my weird mission to track down people when I think there's a good lead on their book and they may not know about it. I guess it's good to have a hobby...?

Great! Glad you found your book series, Jo. Thanks for the update.

Alosha (book 1 of the Alosha series) by Christopher Pike - Kat's find.