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The Book That Proves Time Travel Happens
Author:
Clark, Henry
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 8-12
Language: English
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LC: PZ7.C545
Grade: 3-7
Print Run: 25000
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ISBN-13: 9780316406178
LCCN: 2014015130
Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Pub Date: 04/14/2015
Availability: Available
List: $17.00
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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401 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
H 8",
W 5.75",
D 1.5",
1.04 lbs.
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Children
Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles
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Awards:
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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Starred Reviews:
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TIPS Subjects:
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Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
African American & Black
Asian-American & Pacific Islander
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
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LC Subjects:
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African Americans, Fiction
Chinese Americans, Fiction
Ciphers, Fiction
Divination, Fiction
Humorous stories
Ohio, History, 19th century, Fiction
Romanies, Fiction
Time travel, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
African Americans, Fiction
Chinese Americans, Fiction
Ciphers, Fiction
Divination, Fiction
Gypsies, Fiction
Humorous fiction
Ohio, History, 19th century, Fiction
Time travel, Fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
5.1
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Points: 11.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 04/01/2015 |
| When a trip to a fortune-teller's tent sends Ambrose Brody and a strange carnival girl back to 1852, they must find a way to survive a world filled with slave-catchers bent on killing them. The kids look to Morse Code and an ancient Chinese text for help as they desperately seek a way back to the future. 416pp. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 04/01/2015 |
| Grades 4-7. Ambrose Brody never expected to time travel. He's had his fill of the historical from his father, a self-proclaimed "trans-temporal" who feels out of place in his own time period and dresses in the styles of others. A teacher, he's in trouble with the board for his eccentricities, which embarrasses Ambrose. Cue Frankie, a Romani girl with a time-traveling trombone who sweeps Ambrose and his best friend, Tom, back into nineteenth-century Ohio--a treacherous place, as the slave trade is flourishing and none of the three are white. As they dart through time, assisted by, weirdly, patterns found in Morse code and the Chinese I-Ching, they learn the importance of tolerance and consequences. Some of the metaphors, especially those involving "cross-time dressing," are a bit thinly veiled ("This is where it starts, in theater and the arts"), but the ultimate message of acceptance is well meant and relevant. For those hooked on this wacky adventure, a sequel seems imminent. Reagan, Maggie. 416p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2015. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 11/01/2015 |
| 3. A magical Romani trombone whisks twelve-year-olds Bro, Frankie, and Tom back to 1852 in their small Ohio town, a dangerous era for the three nonwhite kids as they are targets for slave traders. An ancient Chinese text and Morse code messages may help get them back. This original, humorous adventure novel is great fun for fans of history and time travel. py. 400pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2015. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 02/01/2015 |
| 8-12. Where time travel, historical fiction and nonfiction, ancient Chinese design and Morse code collide--keep up, or risk being left in the past...or the future. Narrator Ambrose "Bro" Brody, a middle schooler with an Irish father and an Afro-French-Canadian mother, fears his family will suffer due to his father's embrace of his "trans-temp," or cross-time-dressing, identity, teaching middle school dressed as different historical figures. Shofranka "Frankie" Camlo, a Romany who travels with her father's carnival, and Tom Xui, Bro's best friend, a Chinese-American kid who loves history and uses big words as expletives, try to help Bro learn his fate. The boys accompany Frankie to retrieve the Camlo Shagbolt (a time trombone), but when trouble arises, Frankie blows the horn's "area code" for another decade and takes them back to 1852. Since the Fugitive Slave Act makes the trio a target for slave catchers, they run for their lives often, changing the future when they interact with ancestors. They are not without resources: Mr. Ganto, a Gigantopithecus, is their guardian; Tom can read the hexagrams in China's I-Ching: The Book of Changes and extract Morse code messages from them; Bro is clairvoyant; and Frankie is skilled at playing the Shagbolt. These elements combine to help the friends avert one historical disaster after another. A worthwhile if convoluted read that will extend readers' knowledge of history and expand their concept of "diversity." (Fantasy. 8-12). 416pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2015. |
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| School Library Journal | 01/01/2015 |
| Gr 4-6--Struggling with the news that his father is a "trans-temporal"--a person who is "not comfortable wearing the clothing of the twenty-first century"--Ambrose Brody is whisked back in time with his best friend Tom Xiu and a new friend, Shofranka Camlo. Shofranka, or Frankie, and her family are keepers of the Shagbolt, a trombone that enables time travel when the correct notes are played. The three find themselves in their Ohio hometown in 1852, a time that is unsafe for nonwhites: Ambrose is biracial, Frankie is Romani, and Tom is Chinese American. Tom's overbearing mother and rigorous piano and school study are a little stereotypical, but these traits are tempered with a knowing comment from Frankie about the dangers of believing in "ethnic stereotypes." This is a fun, whimsical read, and most chapters end with a cliff-hanger. The action is relatively tame, though there are several mentions of violence toward slaves. Clark weaves a great deal of factual information into the narrative: within the first 50 pages, readers can learn how to use the I Ching and Morse Code. At times, this results in stilted, pedantic dialogue. However, the story's humor, originality, and message of tolerance even out its small flaws, and this would be a good next step for fans of Jon Scieszka's "Time Warp Trio" (Puffin). An accessible read with a diverse cast, this is recommended for general purchase. Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library. 416p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2015. |
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| ~VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine - Retired Journal) | 04/01/2015 |
| 3Q 3P M J. Is time travel possible? Can a trombone transport people to another time? How is the I-Ching involved? These questions and others are raised and answered in this action-packed tale of three unlikely friends traveling through time. Ambrose and Tom are best friends who are a little on the nerdy side. They lead relatively mundane lives until Ambrose meets a gypsy girl nicknamed Frankie who introduces them to what she calls a shagbolt--a magical trombone that transports people through time. The boys' lives quickly become much more exciting, whether they like it or not. The book is fast paced and will definitely appeal to middle school readers who like science fiction adventure books. Readers who like math may also enjoy the use of the I-Ching and Morse code to figure out mysteries in the story. The humor is a little corny at times, but it is fun nonetheless and will appeal to students with some encouragement.--Kate Neff. 416p. VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES, c2015. |
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