The Time Thief
by Linda Buckley-Archer is a wonderful follow up to The Time
Travelers. I enjoyed the first. You can read my review of it
HERE. This second is even better. The way time is handled becomes
increasingly complex. The treatment of the characters in the midst
of the issue of what happens if people go back and forth in time is
really interesting!
Perhaps my favorite
character is the Peter lost in time. Though his feelings are at once
simple and complex, they are easy to identify with and feel
compassion for. Kate's predicament is more complicated and harder to
comprehend because some of her greatest troubles arise directly from
the process of traveling through time.
Buckley-Archer's
characters in the past, though secondary, are enjoyable. In this
book, my favorites may well be the Queen, and the French scientist.
All of the characters are good, those are just my favorites.
My daughters have
read this and enjoyed it very much. The whole of the story is easily
appropriate for any age reader. There are some difficult subjects
brought up in the course of the series. For instance, stealing and
whether or not it is morally reprehensible when done to sustain life.
It is my opinion that such subjects are worthwhile discussion topics
between parents and their children. So, I'm completely comfortable
with the subject matter in this series.
Have you read The
Time Thief by Linda Buckley-Archer? What did you think of it?
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