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Time Tracers: The Stolen Summers: An Action-Packed Adventure for Kids (Ages 8-12) About Stopping Time Thieves and Saving the World
Twelve-year-old Taj Carter is on a high-stakes mission to track down the time thieves who stole his entire summer vacation—before they steal all the fun on earth! It’s an all-new action-packed series by the authors of the critically acclaimed Shivers! series, Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White.
Taj Carter is the kind of kid who has a good time, all the time. He’s the class clown. The best friend. The cool big brother. That is, until he wakes up on what’s supposed to be the first day of vacation only to find that his entire summer is gone!
But if that seems like a total nightmare, it’s actually the least of Taj’s worries. He discovers that the time didn’t just fly by, it was stolen. By time thieves! And now they’re after way more than just one kid’s summer break. They’re after all the fun on earth, and it turns out Taj is the key to getting it. He has a target on his back and not a moment more to lose. It’s up to Taj to find a way to get back his summer—and to save the world from falling completely off the clock.
Authors of the Shivers! series Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White fiercely defend the right to have fun in the first book of their all-new action-adventure series, Time Tracers.
Taj Carter is the kind of kid who has a good time, all the time. He’s the class clown. The best friend. The cool big brother. That is, until he wakes up on what’s supposed to be the first day of vacation only to find that his entire summer is gone!
But if that seems like a total nightmare, it’s actually the least of Taj’s worries. He discovers that the time didn’t just fly by, it was stolen. By time thieves! And now they’re after way more than just one kid’s summer break. They’re after all the fun on earth, and it turns out Taj is the key to getting it. He has a target on his back and not a moment more to lose. It’s up to Taj to find a way to get back his summer—and to save the world from falling completely off the clock.
Authors of the Shivers! series Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White fiercely defend the right to have fun in the first book of their all-new action-adventure series, Time Tracers.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published May 22, 2018
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May 13, 2018
I received this ARC book via a goodreads giveaway.
I sat down to begin reading it yesterday, early in the afternoon, and found myself completing it mid-evening.
This book is meant for younger people including tweens; but I found myself immersed into my childhood fantasies dealing with time. It was almost like having my own time machine and being to escape into my life when things appeared so much simpler. Although, this book is anything but simple.
The main character is twelve-year-old Taj Carter; a boy on a top secret mission; to track down and eliminate the time thieves that stole his entire summer before the clock runs out and his entire neighborhood suffers the consequences.
So, how is it that Taj became involved with this mission? Well, Taj is the person who always makes certain that life is fun. He has spent hours mapping out the most fun, best ever summer, only to awaken on what should have been the first day of summer vacation to realize that school was now in session.
But Wait! The worst thing is about to happen! These Time Thieves are now after all of the Fun Time on Earth and Taj must stop them!
Wonderful book! Creative! Fun for more than kids!
I sat down to begin reading it yesterday, early in the afternoon, and found myself completing it mid-evening.
This book is meant for younger people including tweens; but I found myself immersed into my childhood fantasies dealing with time. It was almost like having my own time machine and being to escape into my life when things appeared so much simpler. Although, this book is anything but simple.
The main character is twelve-year-old Taj Carter; a boy on a top secret mission; to track down and eliminate the time thieves that stole his entire summer before the clock runs out and his entire neighborhood suffers the consequences.
So, how is it that Taj became involved with this mission? Well, Taj is the person who always makes certain that life is fun. He has spent hours mapping out the most fun, best ever summer, only to awaken on what should have been the first day of summer vacation to realize that school was now in session.
But Wait! The worst thing is about to happen! These Time Thieves are now after all of the Fun Time on Earth and Taj must stop them!
Wonderful book! Creative! Fun for more than kids!
May 20, 2018
Time Tracers by Annabeth Bondor-Stone was a great and refreshing read. I liked the idea that the author thought about how the time that people think passes super fast because we're having fun, is actually being stolen by Time Thieves, bug-like creatures that feed of your fun memories so you literally have no recollection of what happened.
Taj Carter, a kind of kid who always has a good time, figures something is wrong when he wakes up on what’s supposed to be the first day of summer vacation only to find that his entire summer is gone! He goes to school on what's supposedly the first day of school and is horrified to discover that everyone else at his school, including his friends, had experienced the same trouble as him. To make the matter worse, even his P.E. teacher had his head mixed up from all time loss. Luckily, Eon, a Time Tracer, finds him and exposes him to a new level of vision when he can finally see what was causing all of this, the Time Thieves, who actually stole the time from everyone in town.
Taj finds out that he is the Worm, a person that can return stolen time to their owners, and gets whisked off on an adventure of mystery to find the boss behind all of this, and how he came into the possession of a time scanner, a super-device that could scan the locations of Time Thieves. Taj, Eon, and Syd (a Time Tracer who excelled at fighting Time Thieves) later find out that the identity of the boss was actually the former "Father Time" who faked his death and stole a Time Scanner from the Time Tracer corp, all while releasing a dangerous Snoozer (a Time Thieve that could steal sleep time) that was imprisoned.
In the end, Taj somehow returns the stolen memories back to everyone and gets back on the second day of school to see all his peers happier and less frustrated now that they had their summer memories back. Eon visits him one last time and gives Taj a bracelet that recognized his time as a Time Tracer.
I really liked this fast-paced novel packed with a ton of action, mystery, and science-fiction. I hope the author will continue writing terrific takes based on mysterious sayings in life, just like this one!
Taj Carter, a kind of kid who always has a good time, figures something is wrong when he wakes up on what’s supposed to be the first day of summer vacation only to find that his entire summer is gone! He goes to school on what's supposedly the first day of school and is horrified to discover that everyone else at his school, including his friends, had experienced the same trouble as him. To make the matter worse, even his P.E. teacher had his head mixed up from all time loss. Luckily, Eon, a Time Tracer, finds him and exposes him to a new level of vision when he can finally see what was causing all of this, the Time Thieves, who actually stole the time from everyone in town.
Taj finds out that he is the Worm, a person that can return stolen time to their owners, and gets whisked off on an adventure of mystery to find the boss behind all of this, and how he came into the possession of a time scanner, a super-device that could scan the locations of Time Thieves. Taj, Eon, and Syd (a Time Tracer who excelled at fighting Time Thieves) later find out that the identity of the boss was actually the former "Father Time" who faked his death and stole a Time Scanner from the Time Tracer corp, all while releasing a dangerous Snoozer (a Time Thieve that could steal sleep time) that was imprisoned.
In the end, Taj somehow returns the stolen memories back to everyone and gets back on the second day of school to see all his peers happier and less frustrated now that they had their summer memories back. Eon visits him one last time and gives Taj a bracelet that recognized his time as a Time Tracer.
I really liked this fast-paced novel packed with a ton of action, mystery, and science-fiction. I hope the author will continue writing terrific takes based on mysterious sayings in life, just like this one!
April 22, 2018
Taj is confused when he wakes up to what's supposed to be the first day of summer break, but instead, it's the first day of school. He doesn't understand what's happened until he gets a visit from Eon who claims to be a Time Chaser. Eon claims that Taj's time has been taken by Time Thieves.
After going with Eon, Taj discovers that he's the Worm and is the only person who can return time through the Wormhole. The time thieves need fun time because boring time doesn't extend their life. It's up to Taj to get the time that was taken back.
TIME CHASERS was an interesting take on the saying "time flies" and I look forward to more books in this series. It was interesting watching Taj develop into his role throughout the book. Not only can he return time, but he also meets some cool people along the way.
Final Verdict: I would recommend this book to people who like action, time travel, and mystery.
After going with Eon, Taj discovers that he's the Worm and is the only person who can return time through the Wormhole. The time thieves need fun time because boring time doesn't extend their life. It's up to Taj to get the time that was taken back.
TIME CHASERS was an interesting take on the saying "time flies" and I look forward to more books in this series. It was interesting watching Taj develop into his role throughout the book. Not only can he return time, but he also meets some cool people along the way.
Final Verdict: I would recommend this book to people who like action, time travel, and mystery.
April 28, 2018
This was a fast paced, well written, action book to read! Taj is all for having fun and making everyone around him happy and can’t wait for Summer Vacation – he suffers through the least 10 minutes of his last class for the season (making it fun for even the teacher) and wakes up the next morning only to find Summer is gone and the School Season has started again. Now with the time keepers it’s job to help get his and everyone’s fun time back! Nice adventure!
July 23, 2018
Good exciting beginning but went downhill from there in my opinion. Lots of violence.
November 19, 2020
I liked how ft was a bad guy and that there where two fts
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