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Wright on Time, Book 2: Utah

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As the Wright family moves on from their first adventure in Arizona to Utah, what will they find? Harrison Wright, a free-lance journalist, and his wife Stephanie have rented out their home in Tucson, AZ, have taken to the road in an experimental, environmental-friendly RV that was loaned to them, and are homeschooling their children, eleven-year-old Nadia and seven-year-old Aidan, on the road (or "roadschooling" them, as Aidan puts it), so that Harrison can write articles about the various places they plan to visit.
While exploring a cave in Arizona, the Wrights found a mysterious device about the size of an MP3 player that has different glyphs or symbols on it (Egyptian, Mayan, and Chinese). In Utah, they visit a dinosaur dig and with the help of their friends, Arte and Maeve Smith who are a paleontologist and a linguist, try to find out more about the device and what the symbols mean. They do learn that it glows in the dark and seems to be able to provide power for laptop computers! And they also learn a lot about dinosaurs. Do you know what a "furcula" is?
In addition to the interesting plot with its element of mystery surrounding the device, there is a lot of useful information about the geography of Utah and the history of dinosaurs. In the back of the book, there are a glossary of terms used and a page of facts about Utah. Certain parents will want to know that reference is made to the theory of some scientists that particular dinosaurs may be related to birds. Like its predecessor, Wright in Time, Book 2: Utah is both fun and educational (but don't tell the kids about the educational part--just let them enjoy reading it). After Utah, the Wrights will be off to Wyoming.

Book Two takes the Wright Family on a journey to Utah. In Utah, they head off to an Allosaurus dinosaur dig, where Aiden enjoys his time discovering dinosaur bones , not to mention losing his teeth which Im sure the Tooth Fairy is going to reward him well . When our teeth fell out, we used to put them under our pillows and then the tooth fairy would come and replace it with money :). Whilst Nadia is excited to have her parents friends Maeve and Arte along to help decipher the mystery device that the Wright family found in the cave whislt holydaying in Arizona. The Mystery device seems to be glowing and powering items up and the code reads Time Tuner . What does the Time Tuner do and what will happen when Aiden loses his tooth in the dig ? Find out in Wright on Team : Utah as we go for another enjoyable adventure with the Wright Family.

The first thought that came into my mind when I learned about the Wright on Time series was, "Finally - a series about homeschoolers!" Now that my son and I have read the first four books my thought is, "What a breath of fresh air!!" Thank you Lisa M. Cottrell-Bentley!

Wright on Time is a series of books written by a homeschooling family for homeschooling families. The Wright family consists of dad, mom, daughter Nadia - age 11, son Aiden - age 7, and we can't forget Prince Pumpkin III, their 50 year old turtle. The family is doing exactly what many homeschooling families dream of - traveling around the country, state-by-state, in an RV.

A few words from my 9 year old son:

I really like these books and I can't wait to read more of them. In Arizona they got locked in a cave and found a really neat, mysterious time tuner that can do a lot of incredible things, like repair malfunctioning laptops. In Wyoming, they learned about geysers and met a real archaeologist. I don't want to give too much away.

What I like most about the books is:
1. The kids are homeschooled and they do their work on a laptop in their RV
2. The books are full of mystery and adventure and I keep wondering what is going to happen next??
3. There is a picture of the state at the beginning of each book that gives you facts, such as the state insect, state tree, and nickname.
4. There is a dictionary at the end that gives definitions of words in the book. It includes the pronunciations too.