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The Time Thief
By Buckley-Archer, Linda
- ISBN
- 978-1-41691-527-0
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2008
Gr 5-8 This follow-up to "Gideon the Cutpurse" (S & S, 2006) begins by focusing on the villainous Tar Man, who managed to return to 21st-century London in the place of 12-year-old Peter Schock. Much of the book is taken up with his life in the present, and he spends as much time wondering about modern customs and gadgetry as he does actually being villainous. Peter's friend Kate Dyer and his father travel backward in time to rescue him but, due to an erro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
As the Tar Man (an eighteenth-century highwayman) begins a twenty-first century crime spree, Kate and Mr. Schock return to t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
