The Dangerous Voyage (Time Navigators Series #1) [Paperback]

Gilbert Morris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | Age Level: 9 and up

Danny and Dixie Fortune are frantic when their father, James, disappears without a trace. The police investigation is at a dead end, and the twins are ready to do almost anything to help!.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6?In this time-travel story, Danny and Dixie Fortune are transported from modern-day to 17th-century London and board the Mayflower. The Recall Unit that can return them to the present is stolen by one of their shipmates, keeping them aboard the Mayflower for the entire voyage. Naturally, they meet actual historical figures such as John Alden, along with imaginary travelers, both "Saints" seeking freedom of worship and "Strangers" seeking their fortunes in the New World. Competently written with a brisk plot, authentic backgrounds, and somewhat developed characters, the book would be a good choice for libraries looking to buy materials with religious themes. The stress on Christian values is successfully and logically integrated into this particular venue.?Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 4^-6. In the first installment of the Time Navigators series, 14-year-old twins Danny and Dixie search for their father, who has mysteriously disappeared, and for help for their little brother, who needs medical care. Seeking a loan, they contact two eccentric great-uncles, also twins, who offer the teens $10,000 to be transported into the past via a time machine. Cliches abound--the sick child, the batty uncles, the time-travel machine. The story is salvaged, however, once the children set out on the Mayflower, a journey depicted so credibly that readers gain a real sense of the difficult trip. Predictably, the twins become trapped in the past, but all eventually ends well, with the pair even uncovering their father's whereabouts--somewhere in the future. Fans of this book can rest assured that Danny and Dixie will find Dad again in the sequels that are sure to follow. Shelley Townsend-Hudson

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Pub (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556613954
• ISBN-13: 978-1556613951
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,534,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gilbert Morris is among today's most popular Christian writers; his books having sold nearly six million copies worldwide. He specializes in historical fiction and won a 2001 Christy Award for the Civil War drama Edge of Honor. Once a pastor and English professor who earned a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, Morris lives with his wife in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool book!, February 21, 2003

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Maria "Maria Kanai" (Yokohama, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dangerous Voyage (Time Navigators Series #1) (Paperback)

Danny and Dixie Fortune are two twins whose father has mysteriously disappeared. Their mother is grief-stricken, their younger brother sick, and the family is really poor. Danny then decides to go to his great-uncles for help. The twin uncles Mordecai and Zecharias are thought to be really strange and weird(which is sort of true...) and they are also rather mean. The inventor Zecharias had made a time machine and Mordecai, a historian, prods Danny to go into the past to find out a bit about history for him. If he does, then the they would give Danny and his family a check for ten thousand dollars! Danny is shocked and indignant that they were trying to use him as a guinea pig and leaves the house with his uncles' words still ringing in his head.

He tells Dixie about it and they reluctantly decide to go into the past, for after all, how could they let their younger brother die? They are given a "Recall Unit" which they need to come back to their own time or else they would be stranded in the past.

They are brought back into the time when the Pilgrims are just about to enter the Mayflower. Danny and Dixie goes aboard with them and are the Strangers along with many other people. But, (oh no!) the very next day, Danny discovers that the Recall Unit was stolen from him that night! He and Dixie are horrified, for they were now stranded in the past until they can find it. Determined to find the thief and the Recall Unit, they stay on the Mayflower.

What will happen to them if they can't find the Unit? Who had taken it?

This book was very interesting to read! I thought it was better than the 2nd book, Vanishing Clues.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but didn't stick to the rules, June 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Dangerous Voyage (Time Navigators Series #1) (Paperback)

There are rules to all forms of fantasy. For instance, if you go back into the past, you aren't supposed to let anyone know who you are. Sadly, some of the rules are broken in this book. But, it was still good. The description was great... and I loved where they traveled to. This is not a book I would recommend, though.