Chronal Engine

When Max, Kyle, and Emma are sent to live with their grandfather, they think their summer is ruined. But after Emma is kidnapped at the exact time that her grandfather predicted, Max and Kyle are forced to believe his story about the time machine in the basement.
     To save Emma, Max, Kyle, and their new friend Petra must take the trip of a lifetime — to the Cretaceous period. Soon they find themselves dodging killer insects, velociraptors, and the terrifying T. rex. Can these three contemporary teens hunt down a kidnapper, forage for food, and survive long enough to return home?

Greg Leitich Smith lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, author Cynthia Leitich Smith. He is the author of Chronal Engine, as well as three other middle grade novels: Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn, and Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo and its companion book, Tofu and T. Rex. He is also co-author of the picture book Santa Knows. Visit Greg at www.gregleitichsmith.com.

Blake Henry is an animator and comics artists in New York City. He graduated from The School of Visual Arts.