Partners in Time #3: Future Shock [Paperback]

Kristen Sheley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Partners in Time | Publication Date: September 21, 2006

A homework assignment to write an essay about what his life might be like a few decades into his future should be an easy task for Sam Foster. After all, Sam is the inventor of a time machine. With his friend from the past, Meg Clayton, Sam journeys to the year 2040 to investigate his fate firsthand.

It doesn’t take long for Sam to find information about his future self. Not only does he become a wealthy businessman, he makes a name for himself in the world of computer technology. It appears Sam is destined for fame and fortune. But the pair also discovers something about “Older Sam” that stuns them: Sam’s future self died just five years earlier, at the age of 45.

Will Sam and Meg be able to stop this “future shock” from happening? Or is Sam’s destiny sealed for all time?

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About the Author

Kristen Sheley grew up in the city of Beaverton, Oregon, and has been writing stories since the age of nine. Partners in Time is her first published series. She currently resides in Northern California, where she teaches English and journalism in a suburban high school.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (September 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595410421
• ISBN-13: 978-0595410422
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,485,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a spectacular read!, October 20, 2006

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Steve Skinner (Smyrna, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Partners in Time #3: Future Shock (Paperback)

Kristen Sheley's time-travel based Partners in Time series takes a dark and dramatic turn with its third installment. If you haven't read the first two (awesome) books in the series, do so, or else you might be a bit lost. "Future Shock" gives fans of time travel exactly what they've been waiting for: a glimpse into the future, although one not too distant -- the year 2035.

The future depicted in "Future Shock" is not a stereotypical dark, Orwellian one, nor is it full of exaggerated technology like the one depicted in Back to the Future Part II. It is a stunningly believable one, filled with subtle advancements in current technology (such as whisper-quiet, electric/ethanol hybrid vehicles; computers with RAM measured in zettabytes; and fingerprint-recognition software used to instantly identify any individual). But when you get wrapped up into the deep, complex storyline into which the protagonists Sam and Meg get tangled, you'll get past all of that future jazz. Sheley has created a deep and involving storyline that makes you truly care about the characters in it. She may be an "under-the-radar" writer now, but she certainly has a great deal of talent, and it is only a matter of time before the proper people take notice. I highly recommend this book series, and eagerly await Number Four. Keep 'em coming, Kristen!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Twista and Turns, October 22, 2006

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Michael Ejercito - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Partners in Time #3: Future Shock (Paperback)

The third book of a series about a boy, Sam Foster, who makes a time machine out of a portable CD player. He meets a girl named Meg Clayton who lives in 1850 and together they travel through time.

In this work, Sam and Meg travel to the year 2040 to check up on Sam's future. When they find out Sam will die in 2035, they go there to investigate the circumstances of his death. They end up learning a lot more.

The author's rendition of the future world is neither post-apocalyptic nor a world with exaggerated technology. The future world portrayed in this work is as different from the present day world as the present day world would be to the world of 1972.

During Sam and Meg's meeting with Sam's future self, his futurte self makes cryptic comments which may foreshadow future events.

The ending was great, as Sam has to deal with unresolved threads from his trip to the future, as well as dealing with the fact that looking ahead does not erase uncertainty from life.

This third book demands a sequel, more so than the second or even the first book.