Seven special coins,
Stone statues as time-travel portals,
One villain intent using them to loot the world's treasures.
For World Wednesday, this concluding adventure in the Book of Time trilogy pits fourteen-year-old Sam against the shadowy Archos man in a final battle for control of the time-travel gateways that only a few can travel.
Sam always seems to be putting the safety of others first, from his cousin Lucy to the lovely Alicia to his grandparents and his father. Now he's determined to learn enough of time travel's secrets to stop his mother's car before her fatal crash three years ago. Can the avenues of Time stand the strain of this potential paradox?
Whether visiting the vast tomb of an ancient Chinese emperor or walking through an Egyptian pyramid's secret passageways, author Guillaume Prevost's background as a history teacher brings fascinating perspectives to Sam's many journeys through Time.
Get the whole story at your local library or independent bookstore, starting with The Book of Time (book 1- my recommendation) and The Gate of Days (book 2 - my recommendation), then join Sam on his search for The Circle of Gold.
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Book info: The Circle of Gold / Guillaume Prevost; translated by William Rodarmor. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. (Book of Time trilogy #3). [author interview] [publisher site]
My Recommendation:
The time-traveling talent shared by Sam and his father may
be their undoing, as the Archos man tries to wipe them out and plunder all of
Time’s riches for himself. But he underestimates Sam’s desire to make the world’s
time-stream right again, even if the teen loses himself in the process!
Alicia, the girl that Sam adores, has been kidnapped from
their Quebec hometown by the mysterious Archos man. Of course, the ancient book
that the villain demands as her ransom is located far, far away in Renaissance
Rome. Rescuing Dad from Vlad the Impaler’s dungeon and surviving the eruption
of Vesuvius seemed difficult at the time, but this time, Sam will have to
travel back in time alone, as his cousin Lucy is away at summer camp; her great
problem-solving skills would help so much!
So Sam must use the ancient stone statue in the basement of
his father’s bookstore to open the Gate of Days again, using a certain combination
of special coins to land in Rome – just as a battle begins. The book is inside
the city walls, and Alicia is being held prisoner by attacking forces who
offer Sam a different option for redeeming her life.
Will her captors really try to double-cross the Archos man?
Could Sam’s collection of time-travel coins help him
find another way to rescue her?
Does the gold bracelet really allow time-travel without
having to use the stone statues?
Will he have to travel to future time to defeat
the Archos man’s greed once and for all?
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