Time Shifters: A Graphic Novel
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Luke is a hero in any time and dimension!When Luke investigates an eerie blue glow in the woods behind his house, he doesn't know what he'll find there. But a scientist, a robot Abraham Lincoln riding a friendly dinosaur, and a sassy ghost were the last things he could have imagined stumbling upon. Now as Luke and his new companions are pursued by a bickering trio of bumbling henchmen who are after the strange device locked to his arm, he's forced on a crazy, headlong adventure in a parallel dimension! Will he find his courage in time to save the day and get home or will he be trapped in a weird alternate reality forever?
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Luke, still mourning his brother's accidental death while protecting him from bullies, has a run-in with a mummy, a skeleton in a space suit, and a vampiric Napoleon Bonaparte in the woods near his home. Before Luke becomes their next victim, a band of "time-travelling, dimension-hopping fugitives" swoops in and brings him to a parallel dimension that resembles the Wild West, except that it's populated by humanoid insects. Luke's motley crew consists of a young ghost, Artemis; a robot version of Abraham Lincoln; crotchety inventor Doc; and a beaked tyrannosaur named Zinc they're just as oddball a group as the villains pursuing them. Grine (Chickenhare) hooks readers quickly and powerfully with the death of Luke's brother before transitioning into the kooky hijinks that follow; the villains, in particular, are hilariously hapless in the tradition of Pok mon's Team Rocket or Skeletor's henchmen in He-Man. The clean backgrounds, dynamic perspectives panels, and bold linework emphasize action and physical comedy, but the story's thoughtful consideration of grief and destiny nicely counterbalances its wilder twists and turns. Ages 8 12.
