Genre: Middle Grade, Science
Fiction, Suspense, Humor
Source: I received a review copy from the author
This
is another wonderful series from this author.
In this series we meet Dr. Rex Hudson and his family. Dr. Hudson and his assistant are in Peru at
Machu Pichu looking for something important.
They find a black oblisk and have it shipped back to his home. Once home he shares the exciting find with
two of his three children, twins Eva and Lewis.
While inspecting it the three of them are sucked into it and find
themselves in Time Square where all time goes through. Unfortunately when they are sucked through
the youngest son Thomas is left at home with his aunt who had been staying with
them while their father is away. Once in
Time Square Dr. Hudson realizes by bringing back the oblisk he has upset time
and time travelers everywhere are stuck.
He and the children must find a way to get back home and get the oblisk
back to where it belongs. Unfortunately
the oblisk is stolen making their job more difficult. The children are set to the task of helping
to rescue those stuck in time.
Source: I received a review copy from the author
Like
his previous books in the Quest Series, S.W. Lothian is a master at creating
time travel stories. The oher thing I love about his books is that he has the
ability to tie adventure, suspense and humor all together in one book. This is definitely the recipe for hooking a
middle grade reader. I am so glad I had the opportunity to read and review this
book. It is one I will put on my shelves at school and then sit and wait
impatiently for the next book in the series.
Author Bio From Amazon
S.W. Lothian is a
funny and cool guy from Australia. His kids call him 'Phil Dunphy', because he
reminds them of the dad from Modern Family. He isn't sure whether this is a
compliment or not, but he takes it as a compliment.
As an imaginative kid he dreamed of creating exciting worlds and funky characters, and thought he'd be the most famous person to ever do this. He loved to draw and was dux of Art in High School. Top of his dream list was to be an animator. He loved watching all those classic cartoons on TV - Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Road Runner, Wacky Races, The Simpsons, the list goes on and on.
As an imaginative kid he dreamed of creating exciting worlds and funky characters, and thought he'd be the most famous person to ever do this. He loved to draw and was dux of Art in High School. Top of his dream list was to be an animator. He loved watching all those classic cartoons on TV - Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Road Runner, Wacky Races, The Simpsons, the list goes on and on.
BOOM!
Reality hit. The dreams were parked as the corporate world beckoned. Then, 25
years later, the long-held dream to create erupted like a jam donut in a
microwave and S.W. started writing fiction for kids of all ages.
His
books can be summed up as
fun-action-packed-time-travel-adventures-for-the-kid-in-everyone. He writes
stories to excite, inspire, teach and thrill. Stories with awesome
edge-of-your-seat fun. Stories that let kids escape to new places, and adults
remember the dreams of their own childhood.
His
debut novel, The Golden Scarab, was a 2013 READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD
FINALIST.
S.W.
Lothian can be followed via
Websites: www.swlothian.com
and www.timesquaretheshift.wordpress.com
Thanks for your great review, Sandra. I'm really pleased that you liked it. I hope that you got to have a few laughs along the way as well. I'm about 30% into the next book of the series TIME SQUARE | UFO.
ReplyDeleteI laughed, and just enjoyed myself. Can't wait to put a physical copy on my shelf. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping paperback will be ready by June. Just waiting for the proof to arrive here in Oz from the US.
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