Reviewed by: Michael Thal
Genre: YA Fantasy
Approximate word count: 55-60,000 words
Availability
Click
on a YES above to go to appropriate page in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or
Smashwords store
Author:
In her
previous life, Sharon Ledwith was a graphic artist. Residing in Central
Ontario, Canada with her husband, yellow Labrador, and Calico cat, Ledwith has
reinvented herself into a YA novelist.
Learn more
about her on her website.
Description:
Amanda
Sault, middle school student, is a poet at heart. Caught in the middle of a
food fight, she and four annoying classmates are assigned after school
detention for a month by Principal Greer. Their overseer will be lunchtime
aide, “the Witch of White Pine,” and they must serve their sentence at her
creepy mansion on Center Street.
Appraisal:
So begins The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of
Atlantis. The five White Pines Elementary School students actually enjoy
their stay with the witch, who turned out to be the charming and intelligent
Melody Spencer. Their stay was highlighted by the discovery of the Arch of
Atlantis in Ms. Spencer’s flowerbed. The children excavated the 12,000 year-old
relic and when Professor John Lucas sees his nephew’s picture of the
archeological find, tension builds exponentially.
Ledwith
develops an exciting tale of time travel where five children and two adults are
destined to become Timekeepers ensuring that history goes unchanged, for evil
forces are bent on its alteration for their own personal gain.
The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of
Atlantis is a fun
read. Middle school youngsters will appreciate its slapstick humor and an
encounter with a teenaged Robin Hood just learning about his destiny.
Format/Typo Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating: **** Four stars
1 comment:
Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful review, Michael! I'm glad you enjoyed book one of The Last Timekeepers series. Had a blast writing it, and working on book two. There's a prequel to the series that helps explain the origin of the arch and the mysterious Atlantean Magus as well. Cheers and thanks again!
Post a Comment