William Boniface

My son and I found this title at a Litte Free Library. We really enjoyed the twisty time travel plot — we liked this book more than the first in the series, in fact. However, the writing is extremely dated, with outmoded gender roles and subtly mean humor (e.g. calling someone’s movements ‘spastic’).

This book definitely tickled the funny bone of my 6 year old grandson who is pretty obsessed with superheroes. There is plenty of slapstick humor and adventure, and some clever word plays for adults to enjoy when reading aloud. (One of the characters has a speech problem as a humor device, and that seems like an unnecessary and unkind cheap shot)

14 months - A thrift store find. A very basic and typical numbers book counting down from 5 to 1. There's not really much to the book and it's just a quick ok read. It will likely return to the thrift store in another year or so.

Quite a good sequel, and the first was enjoyable too. I would definitely recommend to kids about ten, I think. (It's a little hard to judge when so many of the kids I know seem to be reading way above their supposed levels.)