Vanishing Clues (Time Navigators Series #2) (Book 2) [Paperback]

Gilbert Morris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1996 | Age Level: 9 and up

Danny and Dixie Fortune are propelled into a frightening new world when they set out on a treacherous search for their missing father, who is trapped somewhere in the past.

Editorial Reviews

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Gr. 4^-6. In the second book of the Time Navigators series, Danny and Dixie Fortune once again climb aboard their eccentric uncle's time machine to travel back in history to find their father, who is trapped somewhere in the past. As in the first book, the story's all-too-familiar premise and the stock characters would cause this series to flop were it not for a plot that moves briskly and contains convincing details about the historical setting, this time the French and Indian War. The problems the British had fighting a European-style war in the American wilderness are agonizingly portrayed, though Morris' research is not always fully integrated into the story. Although Danny's evangelism seems somewhat contrived--an ingredient that may appeal more to parents than to children--Morris' fast-paced youth fiction should prove as popular as his novels for adults. Shelley Townsend-Hudson

About the Author

Gilbert Morris is part of a father/daughter writing team (with his daughter Lynn Morris) who have combined their writing skills to form a powerful duo! Gilbert is the author of over 30 Bethany House books, including the popular HOUSE OF WINSLOW series. size : 5.2 x 7.5

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 138 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556613962
• ISBN-13: 978-1556613968
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,139,178 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.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but I wish the author wrote more., February 21, 2003

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

This review is from: Vanishing Clues (Time Navigators Series #2) (Book 2) (Paperback)

After returning from the past, Dixie and Danny find out that their sick brother is still really sick and then they needed more money for the special treatment. They again turn for help to their uncles and are asked to go back into the past again. At first they are really mad at that request, until their uncles admit that Danny and Dixie's father had gone into the past and that that was why he had disappeared. The twins quickly agree to go, anxious to find their father. They travel back into the time of the French and Indian War and meets George Washington.

The story was interesting and fun, but the ending was really, really lame. You'd think the author had written another book continuing the "Time Navigators", but he didn't, so it was really sort of frustrating.