Time castaways. The Mona Lisa key

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Title:

Time castaways. The Mona Lisa key

Alternate title:

Mona Lisa key

Author:

Shurtliff, Liesl, author.

Series:

Time castaways ;

Series Number:

Summary:

When Matt, Ruby, and Corey Hudson discover their subway train is actually a time-traveling eighteenth-century frigate captained by a mysterious pirate, they are thrown into a series of adventures that offer cryptic clues about their past and their future.

Audience:

Ages 8-12.

Physical Description:

394 pages ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction

Time-travel fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Subject Term:

Siblings -- Fiction.

Pirates -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2018

ISBN:

9780062568137

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

Call Number:

J SHURTLI

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Summary

From Liesl Shurtliff, the New York Times bestselling author of Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, comes a thrilling new middle grade trilogy about three city kids who get on the wrong subway train and wind up on a wild, magical mystery-adventure throughout time.

Imaginative, daring, and packed with fun, Time Castaways is perfect for fans of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and Percy Jackson.

Mateo, Ruby, and Corey Hudson's parents don't have too many rules. It's the usual stuff: Be good. Do your homework. And never ride the subway without an adult, EVER. But when the siblings wake up late for school, they have no choice but to break a rule. The Hudson siblings board the subway in Manhattan and end up on a frigate ship in Paris...in the year 1911.

As time does tell, the Hudson family has a lot of secrets. The past, present, and future are intertwined--and a time-traveling ship called the Vermillion is at the center. Racing to untangle the truth, the kids find themselves in the middle of one of the greatest art heists of all time.

And the adventure is just getting started.

Author Notes

Liesl Shurtliff is the writer of RUMP: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, a New York Times Best Seller in 2016, a Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection, and awarded the International Reading Association Children's and Young Adult Book Award.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-8-Three siblings disobey their parents' seemingly overprotective rule about never getting on the New York subway, only to find themselves aboard a time-traveling vessel whose mission is to collect artifacts around the world from different eras. Matt, the primary character and eldest, finds himself doubting their captain, the alternately creepy and fatherly Captain Vincent, as more is revealed. Third-person narration with memorable characters, an enticing plot, and some cool steampunklike magic will attract readers who love Jen Swann Downey's Ninja Librarians or Brian Farrey's Vengekeep Prophecies. A strong sense of the characters' humanity and interesting time travel paradoxes make up for what is lacking in humor or nail-biting tension. VERDICT The first in a promising series for fantasy adventure fans.-Rhona Campbell, Georgetown Day School, Washington, DC © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.