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Book Of Time | 
 enlarge | Author: Guillaume Prevost
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 187702
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0439883792
EAN: 9780439883795
ASIN: 0439883792
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
A statue; a coin; an old book. They look as dusty as everything else in the Faulkner Antiquarian Bookstore, where 14-year-old Sam Faulkner seeks his father, who's been missing for days. But when Sam slips the coin into the statue, he's swept back in time -- to Scotland in 800 A.D. -- where he must find both the statue and another coin in order to return to the present. It's the first step in an adventure that will take him to ancient Egypt, World War I, even Dracula's castle -- and a mystery that will end only when Sam saves his father, or loses him in time . . .
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 Excellent and Interesting Book April 9, 2008
I picked up this book for my 11 year old daughter, and I ended up reading it first. Time travel is one of my favorite themes in books and movies, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that a book for a younger reader would hold my interest. *I* can't wait for the next book in the series to come out. I'm purchasing an extra copy to place in the school library so others at my daughter's school can enjoy it, too. I highly recommend this book.
 Poorly translated February 25, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sam Faulkner is a 14 year old young man with typical interest for a 14 year old- judo tournaments, skateboarding, and music- but behind his normalcy something unexpected is about to occur. After the death of his mother, Elisa, in a car accident his distraught Father, Allan, sells their home to set up a store specializing in antique books. But then for some unfathomable reason Allan goes missing and after ten days time Sam decides to investigate the store for anything unusual. In the basement he discovers an extra room he has never before noticed that contains a stranger object in it, a stone statue with a circular groove on it. Seeing a coin with a hole in the center nearby he makes the connection and fits the coin to the groove, an action he quickly regrets when he finds himself on an island instead of in the basement.
Sam learns that the island of Iona holds a monastery of monks who speak a strange language unknown to him, but even stranger still is the fact that Sam swiftly learns the language and speaks in the dialect back to him. The Monks decide he is harmless and invite him back to the monastery where he tries to ajust to their way of life. He soon finds another coin with a hole in the middle and discovers that this might be his only means of reaching home again. Thus begins a time where he jumps from time period to time period attempting to get home.
Riffled with translation difficulties this book ended up annoying me more than anything. I couldn't even say that the storyline was enough to keep my attention had there not been any mistakes though. Honestly, I was under whelmed. The story was just nothing exciting. I didn't even make it to page 100, I was that bored with it. Such a shame. I'm usually all for translating foreign authors provided that the work is good and the translation fluid. However, in this case, I'm not sure if the publishers did a poor job of it or merely decided to translate a bad author. It just did not grab me at all.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too February 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This isn't the first time Sam's dad has disappeared. According to Sam's grandparents, Allan Faulkner was always an odd kid, but he pretty much settled down when he married Sam's mom. In the three years since Sam's mom died, Allan seems to have reverted back to his own little world. One that sometimes involves him disappearing for days at a time. Never for ten days in a row though, and he's NEVER forgotten Sam's birthday. Sam's pretty sure there's more going on then an unexpected business trip.
Having escaped a judo tournament due to cancellation, and a beating from his much larger archenemy by feminine intervention, Sam is off to do some investigating. While Sam has lived with his grandparents, and cousin Lily, since the beginning of the year, Allan is still living in the house/bookstore he runs. That seems like the best place for Sam to start looking for clues.
Sam finds his way to the basement of the old house. There he finds a hidden room, a strange book, an old coin of some kind, and a strange-shaped stone that seems to be making noise. Sam feels almost drawn to the stone, and when he touches it... Let's just say the adventures truly begin.
Sam's dad seems to have found a way to travel through time! And now time has sucked Sam in, too. Sam is beginning to suspect that his dad is caught somewhere in the past. With the help of this crazy stone and some other coins, Sam just might be able to rescue him. That is, if he can figure out how to get out of the random places he keeps getting sent to, and find a way to wherever his dad went. Plus, he'll have to find a way to keep his grandparents from worrying about his disappearances, and keep Lily's nosy mom and her boyfriend out of his way. Oh yeah, and he still has make it through the judo tournament and possibly through the bully who wants to smash his face in.
I love time travel books, and this story does not disappoint. For a book that's not too thick, and reads very quickly, there's a whole lot packed in to it! And it's so much more than just a time travel story. These characters seem like real people, with normal problems. It's a recognizable family that's trying to hold itself together, in spite of very strange occurrences.
Sam has such great adventures, both in the past and in the present. I wish I could do all of it, except I'm not sure I could think as fast as he does at times!
The book ended much sooner than I wanted it to. I wanted to keep reading more and more about Sam, and his family, and his travels. Maybe I can find a time traveling stone to the future, so I can read all of the books that I hope come next! Even if I have to wait, I look forward to as many of these as I can get.
Reviewed by: Carrie Spellman
FESTIVE ROMP THROUGH TIME January 14, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
When you receive this book - and I URGE you to purchase it for yourself or a teen - remove the dust cover and discover that the book itself is a treasure. The artwork is excellent, both back and front - the text is readible without a problem and the pages of the book are good quality. Do not enter the story expecting the usual time travel. This book was not written by an American and it differs a bit in writing but is a playful read. I am an adult who likes to read about time travel so I will purchase younger books to fill in the spaces between my other reads. Mr. Prevost is an interesting writer, including fact with fiction in an understable (for younger people) way and an amusing and interesting way for older readers. This book is a pleasurable diversion from TV and I would purchase it for any younger reader. I enjoyed it myself and am looking forward to the sequel.
Lots of Fun -- Suspensful October 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Book of Time seems to be aimed at young teenagers, but as an adult I found it interesting and suspenseful enough to keep me up past my bedtime. The young man, Sam, who travels back in time, is a believable character and he and his friends and family in the present are vividly drawn characters.
He travels back to historical hotspots, where only his smarts and some luck and help by people he finds there keep him out of difficult circumstances (like death). One of the author's goals is to make the reader interested in history, and I'd say he succeeds. It's quite an imaginative book.
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