Rex (Time Soldiers) - Softcover

Gould, Robert; Duey, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1929945531 ISBN 13: 9781929945535

Publisher: Big Guy Books, 2005

Synopsis

Six young friends become Time Soldiers when they stumble onto a secret time portal, leading them to an ancient world of dinosaurs and danger. The Time Soldiers fight to survive, escape the T. rex's fury, and make it home alive.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathleen Duey is the author of the American Diaries series, The Unicorn’s Secret series, and the Hoofbeats series. Eugene Epstein is a graphic designer, art teacher, and the art director of all Big Guy Books titles. Robert Gould is the creator and photographer of The Time Soldiers® adventure book series, the Spider-Man™ and X-Men™ Ultimate Picture Book Series, and the BiG STUFF series. They all live in San Diego, California.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 5—Brothers Rob and Mikey and their friends Jon, Mariah, Bernardo, and Adam discover a time portal in the woods behind their clubhouse. Upon entering it, they find themselves transported to prehistoric times. After a heart-stopping encounter with a T. rex and a pair of velociraptors, the group finds itself lost in a land before time. Surrounded by dinosaurs and pursued by the angry T. rex, the resourceful young travelers must rely on their wits and one another to find the portal and get home. This fast-moving tale is sure to grab the attention of video-minded children as it reads like an episode of Land of the Lost. The characters are rather flat, acting like pawns in the nonstop pacing of the narrative, but the action will definitely keep the pages turning. Both plot and characters take a backseat to the full-spread illustrations: a cool blend of computer art and color photography. The text highlights the illustrations, running down the sides of the pages in columns to frame the photographs or along the bottom of the pages as if to underscore the artwork. Several questions go unanswered: why dinosaurs that lived millions of years apart from one another are together in one time period or the shady purpose of a man in black (who's wearing sunglasses in the middle of the night). This should be a huge hit with dinosaur-obsessed reluctant readers.—H. H. Henderson, Heritage Middle School, Deltona, FL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Big Guy Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1929945531
• ISBN 13: 9781929945535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 95
• Illustrator: Epstein Eugene