Search review text. Unfortunately, the two extra time hops had too many confusing action scenes. The situation with the two time travelers who have transformed into mutant animals seemed unnecessary and distracting.
Corey also assumes a girl in is gender-fluid just because she has disguised herself as a boy so she can audition to become a cowboy. This is supposed to be part one of a trilogy. Despite the satisfying ending of book one, I am not sure if I will be looking for books two and three. This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Show full review. Liz Friend. The story: When Corey learns he's inherited the family ability to travel through time, he also finds out that he's a "throwback"--one of the few time travelers with the ability to alter the past and thereby affect the future. What he doesn't expect is to find himself stranded in , being hunted by the street gangs of New York, or rescued by an unexpected cowboy named Quinn Good for grades If your readers like this one, the second book in the series, "The Chaos Loop" is now available.
Corey's grandfather, Papou, hasn't been around for a while because he has gone to Canada, and Corey misses him. When a picture from Leila's aunt causes Corey to hallucinate that he has traveled back in time, he soon finds out that it is not a hallucination-- Papou is a member of the Knickerbocker club and has the genetic ability to "hop" through time if he has a metal artifact from a particular year. Corey has inherited it. Not only that, but after a trip to , Corey realizes that he is a rare "throwback" who can actually alter the linear flow of time.
Papou has tried and tried to save his wife, but has always failed, which give Corey the idea to try himself. Unfortunately, he gets stuck back in after he is robbed of his cell phone and coins from the present day.
He falls in with Quinn, a cowboy from the west, and the two work together to try to find out who robbed him so he can get back. In the present day, Leila is worried, but also finds out some interesting information from her aunt that might help. Will Corey be able to survive and make it back to his own time? Strengths: My major pet peeve with time travel books is that they usually don't fix things in the past.
What's the point in that? I loved Voyagers! The workaround that only Corey can change the past is brilliant. Papou is a great character who is present just enough to get Corey started and support his time traveling without being overbearing. The description of the neighborhood, the family history with the church that was founded, and the Greek Paithi mou! When I lived in Athens, there was a shopkeeper who called me that every morning on my way to class while she was sweeping her sidewalk!
Quinn was fun, and the reaction Corey had to a secret Quinn held was the best MGLit moment of the year for me! I'm not a fan of being in NYC, but it's a place that is certainly fascinating to read about.
Weaknesses: Some younger readers might be a little confused by some of the sections set in , and I could have used a bit more explanation about what happened to the aunt.
What I really think: Time travel books are something I absolutely love, but are a hard sell in my library. All the rationalization I need to buy this book, which was very well done and enormously fun! Reserve a library copy. Jennifer Hill. Corey is living in New York and has a best friend Laila. He comes to find out he can touch objects and travel in time.
They need to have some metal in them. His grandfather who has been missing for over a year, suddenly shows up to talk to Corey because he too can time travel and as Corey has traveled back in time accidentally he saved someone's life and changed history!
He is called a throwback, which means he not only can travel time, but he can change history. His grandfather has tried many times, but it never works. As he travels back to , he accidentally travels even farther to and things get a little out of control. Great sci-fi. I couldn't stop reading! Started out with so much promise but then it lost me with that weird character chasing them in the park, half cat half rodent or whatever it was. Thirteen-year-old Corey Fletcher discovers the actual existence of time traveling and that he has a genetic link to do so through his paternal grandfather.
Although hundreds of time travelers live in secret throughout the world, including Corey's own grandfather, none has the ability to change past events. Which means his own life is now in all sorts of danger.
This is the first book in a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Peter Lerangis, whose books have sold over five and a half million copies worldwide.
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Corey loves using his skills to fix problems and help his friends and family. But as Corey becomes more and more addicted to rewriting history, he learns that time travel might change him in ways he may never be able to reverse.
Get ready for time-warping adventure with a historical twist in the second book of the Throwback trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Peter Lerangis, whose books have sold over five and a half million copies worldwide. A town Jo, Autumn, and Bianca thought they'd left far behind when they graduated high school, finally moving on to greener pastures than the midway point for tourists heading to the Goonies house.
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