Time Tracers: The Stolen Summers - Hardcover

Bondor-Stone, Annabeth; White, Connor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062671421 ISBN 13: 9780062671424

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2018

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Taj Carter is on a high-stakes mission to track down the time thieves who stole his entire summer vacation—before they steal all the fun on earth! It’s an all-new action-packed series by the authors of the critically acclaimed Shivers! series, Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White.

Taj Carter is the kind of kid who has a good time, all the time. He’s the class clown. The best friend. The cool big brother. That is, until he wakes up on what’s supposed to be the first day of vacation only to find that his entire summer is gone!

But if that seems like a total nightmare, it’s actually the least of Taj’s worries. He discovers that the time didn’t just fly by, it was stolen. By time thieves! And now they’re after way more than just one kid’s summer break. They’re after all the fun on earth, and it turns out Taj is the key to getting it. He has a target on his back and not a moment more to lose. It’s up to Taj to find a way to get back his summer—and to save the world from falling completely off the clock.

Authors of the Shivers! series Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White fiercely defend the right to have fun in the first book of their all-new action-adventure series, Time Tracers.

About this title

About the Author:

Annabeth Bondor-Stone is the coauthor of Time Tracers and the Shivers the Pirate series. She is a producer for the Story Pirates and a mentor with WriteGirl, an organization that empowers teen girls through creative writing. Her plays have been produced in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Louisville.

Connor White is the coauthor of Time Tracers and the Shivers the Pirate series. When he is not writing books, Connor is a director and producer for the Story Pirates, an arts organization that teaches kids creative writing, then turns their stories into a sketch comedy show.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 4–6—Taj Carter has the unique ability to create fun times for all those around him. He's the class clown and the life of every party. He's the kid determined to make this summer the "Best Summer Ever." But Taj wakes up the day after the last day of school only to find that it is the dreaded first day of school. For Taj, his friends, and his family, the summer has simply disappeared. More accurately, Taj discovers, their summers have been stolen. Now Taj must help an agency of Time Tracers retrieve the lost summers from a nasty buglike race of Time Thieves before time as Taj knows it implodes. Bondor-Stone and White have crafted a highly entertaining tale. The narrative is light and enjoyable. The villains are straightforwardly evil, and the protagonist is a cool every-kid. The mechanics of the Time Thieves and why/how they steal time are pretty vague, so a generous suspension of disbelief is required. VERDICT A fast-paced and fun, light read for those who crave sci-fi romps.—Kasey Panighetti, Indianapolis Public Library

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0062671421
• ISBN 13: 9780062671424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256