Time Voyage

By Steve Brezenoff and Scott Murphy

On the first day of their spring break, best friends Tucker and Maya discover a "Special Collection" of Titanic artifacts at the local museum. But the artifacts have more power than they know. When they touch a magic ticket, Tucker and Maya find themselves transported 100 years in the past — to Titanic's maiden voyage. Now they must figure out how to save a new friend, and return to the present, before time runs out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Mar 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781434246721

Steve Brezenoff

Steve Brezenoff is the author of the young adult novels The Absolute Value of -1, which won the IPPY Gold Medal for young adult fiction, and Brooklyn, Burning, which was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, was a Best Fiction for Young Adults selection by the American Library Association, and won the ForeWord Book of the Year Gold Medal for young adult fiction. Born on Long Island, Steve now lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Beth, and their son and daughter, Sam and Etta. His main is a Blood Elf monk, but he's been known to run a Night Elf priest from time to time.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1     Spring Break

2     The Assistant Curators

3     On the Docks

4     Third-Class Tickets

5     Saving the Kearneys

6     John Coffey

7     Prognosticator

8     Leave Without Us

9     To the Ship

10    The Titanic

11    Home Again

It’s a plate, Tucker Paulsen said. He wasn’t impressed. The thing his mother was holding up was just a plate—a fancy one, and sort of small, but still . . . just a plate.

Tucker was sitting on a bench in the front hall of the Greenville History Museum. Next to him was his best friend, Maya Cho. Tucker and Maya were in the same eighth-grade class at Greenville Junior High. It was the first Monday morning of their spring vacation. Maya’s parents both had to work, so her dad had dropped her off at the museum that morning to spend the day with Tucker.

Maya leaned forward and squinted at the plate. Yup, she said. It’s definitely a plate.

The museum wasn’t open yet, but Tucker’s mother was the curator. During vacation, Tucker and Maya would be spending every day, from eight in the morning ‘til five in the afternoon, at the museum.

This is some vacation, Tucker thought, rolling his eyes. He tugged his baseball hat tighter onto his head. He hated when he got stuck helping his mom at work. Sitting around in a dusty museum looking at dishes was so boring. I still don’t understand why I can’t just stay home alone, he thought. Tucker’s mother held up the plate, smiling and showing it off like a model on a game show.

Maya covered her mouth to stop a giggle. It really is just a plate, Mrs. Paulsen, she said. What’s the big deal?

Seriously, Mom, Tucker said. He pulled a comic book from his back pocket and flipped it open. Big whoop.

Actually, it’s a tea saucer, Tucker’s mom told them as she carefully put the little plate back in its case. And it is a very big whoop. It is a huge whoop.

Tucker and Maya looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

This plate, Mom went on, "and everything else that arrived for this new exhibit, are all from the Titanic."

The movie? Maya said. Her face lit up with excitement. I love that movie, she went on. It’s so romantic. Jack and Rose are like the best couple ever.

Tucker pretended to puke. Then he pulled his baseball hat even tighter onto his head.

Not from the movie, Maya, Mom replied. "All these artifacts are from the actual boat! This year marks the hundredth anniversary of

Reviews for Time Voyage

[hellen0-4 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the first book in the series “Return to Titanic” and the first half of the book can be understood as an introduction to the whole series. It might be a bit slow if you compare it with the second half, but it is important to understand what leads the kids to travel back in time and how it happens.

Although there is not much character development, this doesn’t mean there aren’t any round characters.

We can see how much the situation is affecting Tucker and Maya. It is understandable. When they travel to the past and meet some people who will board the Titanic, they stop being numbers on a list in History books and become real people they want to save. The kids realize they can’t save everybody, as it would change History, but they want to save a boy they’ve met. It is well portrayed how frustrating it is for them to try to explain how they know the ship is going to sink because nobody believes them.

There are some pictures every few pages. They are well drawn and although they don’t add much to the story if you’re an adult, they’ll help children understand everything better as they show, among other things, the Titanic and how people dressed in 1912.

There is also information about the Titanic and the society of that time in the conversations between the different characters. Enough to understand the story, but not too much, so that children won’t get bored.

This is a great read which I recommend to any fans of time travel. It will leave you wanting to read the rest of the series.