The Present Never Happens

TimeJumpers #2

by James Valentine

The Adventure Continues....

Rule One of TimeJumping was broken, but luckily disaster has been averted (at least for now), and Jules, Gen, and Theo are back. Their first adventure had them whisking through Time, talking to coats, and just managing to save Theo's life -- but that was just a warm-up. In the second chapter of the mind-bending TimeJumpers series, Jules and Gen (finally) go on a date, Theo turns out to be the biggest celebrity anyone in the year Fourteen Billion and Seventy-Three has ever seen, and we meet a peculiar and very irritating old man who has the strange idea that the entire history of the world is about to be overturned -- and somehow Jules and Gen are involved. And that's just the beginning. There are sinister forces at work, and Rule One is not just going to be broken, it's going to be smashed apart.

Genres: Young Adult, Time Travel, Fiction, Science Fiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2003

About the author

James Valentine was a broadcaster for ABC radio in Sydney, Australia. The JumpMan books are his first for children. He has also written for Rolling Stone, Vogue, and the Sydney Morning Herald and is a musician who recorded two number-one hits and a number of platinum albums with the Models. James lived with his wife, Joanne, and two children, Ruby and Roy, just outside Sydney.

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Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book 2 in the series. Jules and Gen are time jumping again. Sometimes by choice, sometimes not…

[Robert Bone · Rating 4 out of 5]

A diffrent pace to the first book - theres so much action and suspense, with this book becoming much more intense - defiantly better the first. This book contains swearing and violence, even though its not constant - if it grows at this rate who KNOWS what the 3rd book will be like! :D I still get really confused in the confrontations between Jules and his brains, but thats the beauty of this book. This book is so stupid, in how the chracters and the buildings, and everything to do about the future it written about - but thats what makes it a good book. It makes you feel enough to be so angry with the people in the future. A good read - have a look at the quotes for a snippit! :D

[Ms. Patterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this second book of the TimeJumpers series, Gen and Jules once again meet up with Theo from future when Gen is kidnapped by Quincy and sent back in time. It's up to Jules and Theo to find her before disaster strikes.

I liked this book more than the first book. The action starts right away and not as much back story is needed to slow things down. The reader sure doesn't have the answers to all the questions, so I hope all is revealed in the conclusion, The Future Is Unknown. Anyone who read the first book and fans of time travel adventures will want to read this. C+ rating.

[Alice Qu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really nail-biting. It skipped from one point of view to another, so it was very suspenseful. This book would've made into a good movie. Every thing the book describes, the exploding volcano, the clothes that the people wore, the characters, and the future of Timejumping. This book is recomended to everyone of every age.

[Jessy · Rating 5 out of 5]

yup, liked #1 so much started #2

[♠ TABI⁷ ♠ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lot better than the first one, and it was because it had more of a plot.

[Ernie · Rating 4 out of 5]

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