Time Lions and the Chrono-Loop
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- 6,99 €
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- 6,99 €
Publisher Description
The first book in an exciting new time-travel adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Krystal Sutherland, writing with Martin Seneviratne.
Twelve-year-old twins Pearl and Patrick are definitely not ordinary children. Pearl, the engineering whizz, has invented a time machine, and Patrick, who has encyclopaedic knowledge of all human history, is the perfect person to test it out with her.
They can't wait to find out what life was really like in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome! But when their time-travelling escapades threaten to break the world as we know it, it's the legends their dad has always told them about their homeland, Sri Lanka, that might just help them win an epic battle that could change past, present and future.
Jump in for a funny, thrilling time-travel adventure - who knows what will happen when!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Married collaborators Seneviratne and Sutherland (The Invocations) make their middle grade debut in this immersive sci-fi fantasy series launch. Upon time-traveling from contemporary London to ancient Egypt, genius Sri Lankan 12-year-old twins Pearl and Patrick accidentally kill the mosquito destined to infect King Tutankhamen with malaria, thus derailing history. Luckily, the Interdimensional Misconduct Enquiry—a secret organization tasked with maintaining the timeline—corrects the blunder and recruits the siblings as agents-in-training. After failing to meet expectations, however, the duo is permanently banned from time-traveling. But the youths are later approached by Jack, the young CEO of a shadowy tech startup, who enlists them to "fix history" and create a utopia to Jack's specifications. Though the twins are excited by the prospect, they soon learn that one person's idea of utopia can be another's nightmare. Via alternating POVs, Seneviratne and Sutherland reference real historical figures and events to ground intricate, fantastical worldbuilding, and deploy strong characterization chops to develop fully fleshed-out protagonists. The siblings are complex and undeniably charming tweens, whose journeys toward accepting accountability for their mistakes and impulsive decisions, and learning about their responsibilities as world citizens makes for a vivacious time-hopping extravaganza. Ages 10–up.
