137. The Time Travelers (The Gideon Trilogy #1) by Linda Buckley-Archer
Publication: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (September 11, 2007), originally published 2006, Paperback, 416pp / ISBN 1416915265
Genre: YA Sci-fi, Historical Fiction
Read: October 31, 2011
Source: Bought
Summary from Amazon:
Gideon Seymour, thief and gentleman, hides from the villainous Tar Man. Suddenly the sky peels away like fabric and from the gaping hole fall two curious-looking children. Peter Schock and Kate Dyer have fallen straight from the twenty-first century, thanks to an experiment with an antigravity machine. Before Gideon and the children have a chance to gather their wits, the Tar Man takes off with the machine — and Peter and Kate’s only chance of getting home. Soon Gideon, Peter, and Kate are swept into a journey through eighteenth-century London and form a bond that, they hope, will stand strong in the face of unfathomable treachery.
Review
For some reason, whenever I think about this book I can only remember the abysmal beginning, which is slow and boring and nearly caused me to get rid of The Time Travelers before I gave it a proper chance. I don’t know what it is about that beginning, but it throws a cloud over the rest of the book, which is MUCH better than that beginning would make it seem.
So, okay. Bad beginning. But after that bad beginning there is much joy to be found, and most of that joy is found in the characters. Though they were occasionally annoying and impotent, I thought that Peter and Kate were excellent kid leads. They had real kid emotions! Including crying! They didn’t have all the answers and they couldn’t fix things all by themselves. They had to connect with people and ask for help, and that’s kind of unusual in a YA action book, don’t you think? Continue reading »
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