Book 5 of Time Warp Trio
Language: English
Action & Adventure Art & Architecture Fantasy & Magic Fiction Field Trips General Humorous Stories Juvenile Fiction Museums Museums; Tours; Points of Interest New York (N.Y.) People & Places School Field Trips Science Fiction Time Travel Travel United States
Publisher: Puffin
Published: Jan 2, 1995
Description:
From Booklist
Gr. 3^-5. The Time Warp Trio is back--to the future, this time, as Joe, Fred, and Sam travel to the year 2095, again courtesy of Uncle Joe's magic book. Launching their trip from the 1920s room in the Natural History Museum, the boys arrive in the future's museum, where they see the 1990s showcased in an exhibit of the past. Such ironies of time travel abound as the three encounter their great-grandchildren, who rightly strive to return their ancestors to the past. Scieszka writes with a kid's perspective at all times, blending a warp-speed pace with humor that ranges from brainy riddles to low brow upchuck jokes. Although the plot is a bit thin and meandering, readers will find sufficient distraction in the robots and levitation footwear of the future. Smith targets the audience equally well with black pencil illustrations brimming with zany, adolescent hyperbole. Julie Yates Walton
Review
[The Time Warp Trio’s] tongue-in-cheek humor, laced with understatement and wordplay, makes for laugh-out-loud reading. -- School Library Journal, starred review