My Life as a Toasted Time Traveler

The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle #10

by Bill Myers

What could be more hilarious than one Wally McDoogle How about two? Or Six? Or a dozen?! Wally travels back from the future to warn himself of an upcoming accident. But it takes more than one visit to get the message across. Before he knew it, there are more Wally's running around than even Wally can handle. Catastrophes reach an all-time high as Wally tries to out think God and rewrite history.

Genres: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Childrens, Christian, Humor, Comedy, Middle Grade

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 21, 1996

About the author

Bill Myers was born into a Christian home, and although as a child he became bored with Christianity, he decided at the University of Washington quote, to "make God my boss." Ironically, at the University his worst subject was writing. He claims to have prayed, and said that he would be able to do anything for God, except write. Even so, he has become a prominent Christian writer, and has a large amount of successful books and films to his credit.

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun fantasy parable. I enjoyed it.

[Annika · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book traumatized me as a kid and I got scared enough that I had to stop reading and never finished. Now as an adult, I'm not exactly what I found so terrifying, and the plot is so predictable that I don't think something had surprised me, but it's not a bad story for middle schoolers. Just average with a heavy handed moral lesson.

[Christy Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny, out of this world and totally Meet The Robinsons.
The moral of being who God created you to be, and not trying to change things because you want fame and money, or to be seen a certain way was great. Such an important message today!
Hilarious and all kinds of toasty warm.

[Dylan Shelby · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this old book of mine at my parents’ house this weekend, so you know I had to reread it. lol

The book came out in ‘96 I guess. While I don’t want to be a chronological snob, if the language used in this book was common everywhere at that time, it’s no wonder why so many people have had to work through body issues. The main character is so self deprecating I began to wonder if he even liked himself.

It’s a book of its times.

[Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a writer, I appreciate that Myers introduces young readers to a variety of words, some surely they have never heard. Unfortunately, I got very little enjoyment out of this book. The identity of the WUM was obvious to me. The never ending sarcasm was boring and trite. The characters are nothing more than stereotypes. Finally, the plot was ridiculous. Despite my feelings about these books, my own kids and students that I teach like Myers' My Life As... books. I think any Christian parent would feel comfortable with the content. As with the other My Life As... books that I have reviewed, I think a kid could do a lot worse, but this surely isn't great literature.