However, while testing out the Ring, they were lost in Time. With Sear’s help Dak’s parents were able to complete a time travel device, the Infinity Ring. Natural disasters tear whole cities apart. But as a result, the world has started to crumble. Something is wrong with history! Throughout history, an evil organization called the SQ has be altering it to give themselves more power. But make no mistake there's more than a flashy video-game tie-in here, and this one is well worth a read. THE INFINITY RING will grab reluctant readers & action fans, for sure, and I've heard that the video game is pretty amazing for kids who love to play online. This book will also make a great jumping off point for student writing projects that ask 'What If.' If one thing in history changed, what difference would it make in our world today? Fun stuff, thoughtful, and great interdisciplinary connections. Pair it with the Columbus chapter in Georgia Bragg's HOW THEY CROAKED: THE AWFUL ENDS OF THE AWFULLY FAMOUS if you really want to gross out your students with details of life on board the ships. Action fans won't be disappointed.Ī MUTINY IN TIME has great ties to the Age of Exploration and Columbus and should be a fun read-aloud to share for classes studying that period. But don't worry.there are plenty of explosions, too. It's easy for a packaged series to rely on fast-paced action and the occasional explosion in place of solid plot and character development, but this book does a great job creating the world that its main characters inhabit (a world that's been altered by 'Breaks' in history, and boy is it fun to discover the changes!). I'm not much of a fan of video games, so I was pleasantly surprised when I fell in love with this book. Like THE 39 CLUES, this series has an online video game component.

When I saw on my IRA schedule that I was speaking at an event with James Dashner, I requested an ARC of the first in his INFINITY RING series with Scholastic, expecting a quick, entertaining read.

A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner