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Potter, David
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
Left Behinds series.
This second adventure has Mel, Bev, and Brandon traveling back to 1863 with their time-travel iPhone app. The trio must ensure the iTime's nefarious inventor doesn't alter the Battle of Gettysburg so the Civil War ends as it should. This lively, techie approach to historical fiction should win over even genre-averse kids. Excellent back matter includes a historical note and recommended reading, websites, and landmarks.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan
(4)
4-6
Time travel brings twenty-first-century kids with a new iPhone app called iTime to a dead George Washington in the midst of the Revolutionary War; they must undo the fatal result so a living Washington can cross the Delaware River and continue America's founding unaltered. The preposterous but action-filled plot with humor, adventure, and drama makes for an engaging sci-fi/historical narrative.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan
2 reviews
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