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Time Villains
Time Villains
Time Villains
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Time Villains

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★ "Magnificent."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review

Story Thieves meets Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library in this wacky, hilarious, and fast-paced middle-grade series starter, with the perfect combination of magic, imagination, and adventure.

Javi Santiago is trying his best not to fail sixth grade. So, when the annual "invite any three people to dinner" homework assignment rolls around, Javi enlists his best friend, Wiki, and his sister, Brady, to help him knock it out of the park.

But the dinner party is a lot more than they bargained for. The family's mysterious antique table actually brings the historical guests to the meal…and Blackbeard the Pirate is turning out to be the worst guest of all time.

Before they can say "avast, ye maties," Blackbeard escapes, determined to summon his bloodthirsty pirate crew. And as Javi, Wiki, and Brady try to figure out how to get Blackbeard back into his own time, they might have to invite some even zanier figures to set things right again…

Praise for Time Villains:

"Piñeiro scores with this tale of friendship, magic, and adventure... Magnificent."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review

"It's got heart, it's got thrills, it's got pirates! You won't be able to put down this action-packed, relentlessly funny adventure."—Sarah Mlynowski, author of the New York Times bestselling Whatever After series

"A magical table that pulls in famous people from history and fiction? Is this the greatest idea for a book ever? Yes. Yes it is. Come join the best dinner party in history (and books), full of pirates, sandwiches and history's greatest figures!"—James Riley, New York Times bestselling author of The Story Thieves series

LanguageEnglish
PublisherSourcebooks
Release dateJul 6, 2021
ISBN9781728230504
Time Villains
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Victor Piñeiro

Victor Piñeiro heads up content and social media at an ad agency where he’s run @YouTube, some of @Google and launched @Skittles, creating its award-winning zany voice. He’s also designed games and toys for Hasbro, written/produced a popular documentary on virtual worlds and taught third graders. He is the author of the Time Villains series.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    A fun, rollicking, and funny story about Javi, an extraordinary sandwich-maker, who accidentally brings historical figures to life, including the fearsome pirate Blackbeard, through a magical table. Now Javi must team up with his friends and sister to defeat this threat, as well as discover the secret of his unusual school. Reminiscent of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, this story will both entertain and teach kids about interesting historical figures.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Time Villains is a 2022 Lone Star novel. The cover is super cute, but I don't think it reflects the age of the reader. It does reflect that the novel is a lot of fun!Javi enjoys an interesting life. His sister, Brady, who is much younger is super tough--he's adequately afraid of her. His best friend is super smart, so he goes by Wiki. His dad is a bit unusual, and we never meet his mother because she's away on a trip. He goes to school is an old-fashioned castle, which is strange for America. The teachers are equally eccentric. There's a scary forest that no one ventures into, but Javi, Brady, and Wiki are comfortable messing around there. Needing a new kitchen table, Javi's dad takes them shopping and buys an antique table. Brady loves the table and talks to it; only Brady, Javi and Wiki can hear it.Javi absolutely loves cooking and preparing a themed evening with food and decorations. He doesn't necessarily excel at school, but he loves one assignment that the students get every year: what three people would you invite to dinner? Each student has to prepare the food and decorate the table, and then explain what dinner was like. Therefore, it takes planning a meal, making it, setting the table for the theme, and then imagining what the conversation would be like with those three people. Wiki suggests people to Javi and Javi returns the favor by creating the meal and taking the pictures for him. Remember the table? Well, it listens to the guest list and invites these people. Unfortunately, Wiki doesn't explain who one of the guests is. This particular guest isn't someone you want in your home.When one of Javi's guests escapes, the adventure ensues. Javi, Brady and Wiki need to fix this problem. As they run about trying to capture their guest, they also discover many secrets that exist at their school. It's really a fun book; possibly it's a little ridiculous, but it is entertaining. Suspend your disbelief and sit back and enjoy this rolicking story.

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