Synopses & Reviews
A reality-bending adventure from a Newbery Honor-winning author
Siblings India, Finn, and Mouse are stunned when their mom tells them they are flying that night--without her--to their Uncle Red's home in Colorado. But things take an even more dramatic turn when their plane lands in a very unusual place. A mysterious driver meets them at the airport; when he drops them off at their "destination," each kid suddenly has a clock with a different amount of time left. If the time runs out, they have to become permanent citizens in a place they don't recognize or understand. Only if they work together can they call the driver back to help get them where they really belong. Suspenseful, funny, dramatic, and thought-provoking, this is a book that will stay with you long after you read the incredible ending.
Synopsis
In a total departure, Newbery Honor winner Choldenko ("Al Capone Does My Shirts") tells a story of adventure and survival, set in a fantastical place with rules all its own.
Synopsis
Three siblings - India, Finn, and Mouse - have less than forty-eight hours to pack up all their belongings and fly, without Mom, to their uncle Red's in Colorado, after they lose their house to foreclosure. But when they land, a mysterious driver meets them at the airport, and he's never heard of Uncle Red. Like Dorothy in Oz, they find themselves in a place they've never heard of, with no idea of how to get home, and time is running out.
In a total departure, Gennifer Choldenko tells a story of adventure and survival, set in a fantastical place with rules all its own. Sharp dialogue, high stakes, and taut action make this a book that will stick with you long after you read the incredible ending..
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"A fun ride, full of adventure, suspense, and good characterization." -
School Library Journal "A fast-paced mindbender." - Booklist
"Choldenko infuses each (character) with a unique tenderness and humor . . . a thoughtful but still entertaining book-club choice." -The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
"High-concept fantasy. . . Choldenko's pacing is sure and her use of airport argot adds an inventive element to this story of unlikely survival." - Publishers Weekly
"The author shines in her characterization of children and their idiosyncratic kidspeak." - Kirkus
"Choldenko keeps the plot moving rapidly and constantly shifts the point of view, with each chapter narrated by one of the three siblings, so that both readers and characters feel discombobulated-everything is both concrete yet dreamlike. . . . No one can write a hormonal teenager at war with her family like Choldenko, but in the end the family relationships and the determination each sibling has to protect the others is what saves them all." - The Horn Book