"The Time Thief" by Linda Buckley-Archer is the sequel to "Gideon the Cutpurse" (now retitled "The Time Travelers"). I have only read a bit of this book, but it is equally as exciting as the first. It opens with the Tar Man finding himself alone in London, and seeking to understand this new time and place. As wicked as he is, he has little trouble finding ways to make himself at home.
But Kate finds herself rather lost - she remembers her friend Peter, stranded back in time, and struggles to find anyone who will help her rescue him. Sadly, NASA and the governments are more interested in "protecting time" than rescuing a lost boy. So she sets out to rescue him alone...
I'm taking this one home for the Holiday Weekend - I'll comment on it next week.
The second book I'd like to talk about today is "Dangerous Wishes" by William Sleator. Mr. Sleator's books are some of the creepiest, most disturbing, weird and funny books I've ever read. "Dangerous Wishes" is the story of Dom, his sister Julie, and the Buddha figure she lost three years earlier. Dom's family has been cursed with three years of terrible bad luck, and he decides that if he can go to Thailand, find the lost statuette, and return it to its proper resting place, he can save his family from the vengeful spirits. This is the sequel to "The Spirit House"; it's just as good, but you don't have to have read the first to enjoy this one. Also try his other novels "Interstellar Pig", "Strange Attractors", "The Duplicate" and many others.
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