The Compass - deadpoetdreamer - Wattpad

The Compass

deadpoetdreamer

Reads 190
Votes 52
Parts 7
Time 59m

Reads 190
Votes 52
Parts 7
Time 59m

deadpoetdreamer

1700s 1793 adventure chicago compass dorset england family historical love mystery orphan romance teen timetravel

Seventeen year old Lydia Osborn has been an orphan since she was about two. She wants someone to love her the way other kids with family love them. Lydia has lost all hope since she ages out in a year. 

After her only friend gets adopted, Lydia decides to go snooping to find out more about her family. While looking through her family's belongings Lydia finds an old compass from her ancestor. The compass drags her into the Chicago River taking her back to the year 1793. She lands in Dorset, England where there are several people in poverty and several that are wealthy. There she meets her ancestors who have it way better than others.  Stuck in the past Lydia is forced to live with them until she can find a way back home.

After one of her ancestors is killed Lydia is determined to find the killer so the people she cares for don't get hurt. Lydia learns what it means to love and be loved by others.All Rights Reserved

1700s 1793 adventure chicago compass dorset england family historical love mystery orphan romance teen timetravel

Table of contents

7 parts

Sign up to add The Compass to your library and receive updates

or

Content Guidelines

You may also like

Me and Him (UNEDITTED) by reflectinglights

[Warning: I wrote this book when I was, like, thirteen, so it's pretty cheesy and it might be a bit shitty] With her mother now gone, Raina is forced to move in with her father, who left Raina and her mother when she was born. Now, situated in a life she isn't quite used to, she finds herself unable to enjoy it especially when she doesn't understand anything in the family, doesn't have friends, and doesn't even know the city. But that was until she knew Archer, one of the most popular guys who often finds himself in trouble. Join the both of them as they go through endless friendship, rough arguments, late night talks, and maybe even some love.

PENTAGON; THE BETRAYER by ElveryAnne

Yoo Jia was a cheerful girl, has no problem in the world where she lived with her family, until the war happened she was left out with a dead parents and sent into US to be an orphan, she never really learned english at that time but she likes playing violin and piano she is a smart girl. A smart girl they say, with a mind of a much older age she masters all the classes One afternoon a woman named Eliza was introduced to her to be her mother as a girl without a family she was excited and welcomed Eliza with a hug. She sees a perfect mother figure to Eliza was kind and down to earth after a month of processing the adoption papers she was excited that she dress nicely for her. But what the future heads of her wasn't the future she imagine. That cheerful lady became what she had grown up. Many dark secrets would unravel as her dark truth comes out. Will you come to join her? But remember all secrets are on the road, so follow along!

Mate by sophie-gates_17

Layla Michaelson is a beautiful strong girl, she loves boxing and trains everyday to be strong, she also never shows weakness. All the while she is the happiest kindest person you will probably ever see always putting others before herself, you could say she has got a kind of glow that brightens up the whole room when she's their. She meets Logan Christian and discovers a world she thought only existed in novels and books. He is alpha of one of the most strongest packs. She finds out she in Logan's 'mate', they go through fights and promises. Layla is so consumed in the fantasy of it all that she is blinded by the truth. After secrets get out, and Layla finds out she may not actually be Logan's mate she runs away. When a brutal fight breaks out between Logan and a rouge, almost resulting in the death of Layla. She is rescued by a white wolf, and taken to a place where she trained on how to deal with her new found turning. The alpha of this new pack she was lead to always stays in wolf form. He is a complete mystery, but for some reason Layla is drawled to him in ways she never was to Logan. Maybe the mark, and I love you was a to soon action that Layla made while in this fantasy world of hers? Sometimes the answers that you are looking for are right in front of you. Will Layla take her head out of the clouds and see the truth that is in front of her, or will she go running back to Logan? #1 in alphking 29/11/18

LISA by talianalish

Lisa had a simple life,a loving family, a safe home, and two sisters who looked up to her. At some point it all seemed too good to be true.But at 23, everything shattered. Her grandmother dies of heart failure followed by her grandpa, then her parents die of a very tragic road accident ,leaving her and her sisters in the hands of a cruel aunt. When the abuse became unbearable, they ran. The streets were unforgiving. One tragic night, Joy dies too,Lisa wakes up in the morning trying to wake a dead body,she might have died due to her condition,asthma, it's a mystery she never solved and the guilt that took over her with Joy's death. Days later, Blessings was kidnapped during her attempt to search for something for them to eat. Alone, broken, and desperate, Lisa would do anything to survive and find her sister. But when a stolen phone, a wrong target, and a brutal mistake she did for the very first time ,it lands her in a mysterious cell not a police station but a private house her fight for survival takes a dangerous turn. And the man behind it all? Leo....

Love:Error by Azuri590

Diane's life has been marked by a strange and tragic pattern-every time she falls in love, something catastrophic happens to the person she develops feelings for. At 21 years old, Diane has learned to guard her heart with a cold, distant demeanor to prevent anyone from getting close. The pain of losing those she cares about is too great to risk again. Her early childhood, however, tells a different story. When Diane was just 10 years old, she fell in love with a boy named Jack Sanders. Their innocent friendship turned to something more, but tragedy struck when Jack died after being hit by a swing in the park. The loss shattered Diane, but it was just the beginning of a haunting pattern. At 12, while on vacation in Germany, she fell for a boy named Lucas. They shared a beautiful day hiking, but that evening, a tragic accident led to Lucas's untimely death. Since then, Diane has tried to keep her emotions in check, but it hasn't been easy. Despite her best efforts to stay distant, she maintains a tight-knit circle of friends-Jana, Angeline, and Kaitlyn-who remain by her side, despite the strange and eerie aura that surrounds her. They know her past and the burden she carries, but they continue to support her. Diane is trapped in her own personal nightmare, unwilling to let anyone get close, but longing for the connection she's too afraid to seek. As she navigates adulthood, Diane struggles with the fear that her curse-her ability to unintentionally bring death to those she loves-will forever keep her isolated from the one thing she desires most: love without tragedy.

Broken Silence by U-niike101

Noelle was a normal, happy eight-year-old with two loving parents. But in an instant her world was shattered when a man came into her home and brutally murdered her parents in front of her. Orphaned due to the "Killer", she was left traumatized and unable to speak. Mute. Eight years later, she lives with two women that treat her like nothing and a man who wants to be more than just a loving father - a foster family that can't be called a family. When Gabriel Edwards, a peculiarly nice boy with stunning blue eyes, comes into her life, she finds her pessimistic view of the world slowly begin to change. But with her past constantly coming back to haunt her... Will she ever find happiness?

Mrs. Avery by RejectedConcepts

Love is strange. It exists in many forms and is one of the key components that makes humans happy, but there isn't a lot of understanding surrounding it. At least not the kind of understanding with which the average person identifies. Agnes is one of the few people that can accept all kinds of love. Despite her dated name, she is a woman in her late 20's dealing with the death of most of her family. She's now stuck in the middle of figuring out how to raise children that she never saw in her future and deciding what love means for her, when it has to exist within layer upon layer of complication. She let go of her boyfriend after almost a decade because their love wasn't meant to exist under the strain of children, only to find herself confronted with the overpowering connection of her old high school sweetheart. The same man she ran away from because their values hardly aligned when it came to how love should be expressed long term. Within the midst of learning how to raise children and balance her ever-building career, Agnes tries to recover from her mother's death, seek comfort without complicating her circumstance, and figure out why her mother would name her Agnes. Finding real comfort starts to feel impossible, as her most available options are her ex-boyfriend and her assistant. Completed! Rejected 6 times** "This one just isn't for us." By far the most plain rejection I have ever received and I can respect it. 1/22/2022 - 1K 9/28/2022 - 10K

A Good One Gone by audie7628

Jake, a handsome 19 year old boy who's parents died, so he now lives by himself, met Emily, a 17 year old, goody two shoes girl, who wants nothing to do with her stuck-up parents, and they are now madly in love, but can't physically express themselves to each other until Emily's 18, because of her dad going to rad them out. Emily finally turns 18, and they go camping out in jakes woods. Emily gets taken in the night by a stalker, and Jake comes to the rescue.When Jake goes out to find Emily, the stalker tries to kill Emily and Jake is in hot per suit to find her and make her safe again. When Jake kills the stalker, he ends up killing himself too, and now Emily can only see him in her dreams. Now, she has to handle a lot more than his house and herself while he's gone because of there little camping trip.

Layla by artemis_ss

I'm Layla, Layla Benson. The human form of average being. Nothing special to discover. My life seems as normal as I do. Three Best friend's. Two close cousins. One big family. But as the number of normality falls, my lives double. Just like my attraction for two guys who enter my world in the most different states. Aiden Kings is sweet, gentle and fits the stereotypical life of mine. We also share a secret together that makes us a good team. But Ethan Preston is dangerous, impulsive and fire itself. His presence flips my doll house visual over but makes him an even better partner in crime. As they enter my life, change comes along and pushes me over the cliff that I have been climbing on since I can think. But in fact, I have something special to uncover. A perfect mission with a different truth. Perfectly different. ~Artemis

Reminisce With Me by kithanat

After the passing of her Grandmother, Aubrey Van Alen struggles to cope with her abusive foster parents. Her identity is a mystery and she has no recollection of her real parents. When she discovers her parents' immoral ways of life, she takes a dive into the past - literally. She is taken eight years back in time from a failed government invention and learns about her parents and the secrets to the illegitimate organization they work for. Through her journey, she finds herself falling in love with the charming Aiden Vanquel who follows the same lifestyle. But, when she comes back to the present, she wonders if she will find Aiden. If he will remember her. But, instead, the people she hoped to escape from the past make their way into her life with one final mission: vengeance. Rule of thumb when travelling to the past: do not change anything.

You may also like

Slide 1 of 10

Me and Him (UNEDITTED) cover

PENTAGON; THE BETRAYER cover

Love:Error cover

Broken Silence cover

Mrs. Avery cover

A Good One Gone cover

Reminisce With Me cover

Me and Him (UNEDITTED)

[Warning: I wrote this book when I was, like, thirteen, so it's pretty cheesy and it might be a bit shitty] With her mother now gone, Raina is forced to move in with her father, who left Raina and her mother when she was born. Now, situated in a life she isn't quite used to, she finds herself unable to enjoy it especially when she doesn't understand anything in the family, doesn't have friends, and doesn't even know the city. But that was until she knew Archer, one of the most popular guys who often finds himself in trouble. Join the both of them as they go through endless friendship, rough arguments, late night talks, and maybe even some love.