(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley. Quirk employs a breezy, conversational tone to explore four of the famous feuds of early American history, beginning with King George III and George Washington. Sections start with illustrative epigraphs from both participants; dates are frequently provided as chapter heads to orient readers in history. Piquant quotes and revealing anecdotes bring this briskly paced, humorously illustrated historical survey to life. Websites. Bib.

Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2017

(3) YA Eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall, a debutante, discovers she's gifted with super-human strength, reflexes, and senses, and she has the power to "reach inside a person's soul and remove darkness." Her destiny--should she choose to reject Regency London norms--is to fight the demonic Deceivers. Rich period details and a convincing protagonist make for a compulsively readable mash-up of paranormal fantasy and historical romance.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 4-6 An antigravity-machine accident sends Peter and Kate to the eighteenth century, where an honest steward, Gideon, helps them assimilate. But Gideon's wicked former master learns of their plans to return home and seeks to exploit them. Slow pacing and melodramatic narration disrupt the action, but readers may be intrigued by the time travel conceit and historical details.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Tim Robinson. Sheinkin's entertaining histories cover the Revolutionary and Civil wars. George (originally Storyteller's History: The American Revolution) begins with thirteen ways to start a revolution. Miserable opens with thirteen ways to rip a country apart. Each book includes personal, frequently irreverent, accounts of the participants. The layouts invite browsing: bold subheadings, short exposition, numerous pen-and-ink cartoonlike illustrations, and plenty of maps. Bib., ind. Review covers these titles: King George: What Was His Problem? and Two Miserable Presidents.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2008

(4) 4-6 Gideon Trilogy series. As the Tar Man (an eighteenth-century highwayman) begins a twenty-first century crime spree, Kate and Mr. Schock return to the past to find Peter. A machine malfunction lands them years later, when Peter is an adult. Time-travel paradoxes are explored, but not resolved, in this bridge volume, whose inconsequential crises lead up to a possibly more dynamic third installment.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) 4-6 Gideon Trilogy series. An antigravity-machine accident sends Peter and Kate to the eighteenth century, where an honest steward, Gideon, helps them assimilate. But Gideon's wicked former master learns of their plans to return home and seeks to exploit them. Slow pacing and melodramatic narration disrupt the action, but readers may be intrigued by the time travel conceit and historical details.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(2) 4-6 Although the father of our country receives more text time than his British counterpart King George III, the contrasts and comparisons between the two create a full picture of the causes, events, and immediate aftermath of the American Revolution. Maps, charts, and detailed scenes depicting the action further enhance the clear text. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2005