By Chad Morris
The adventure continues when Abby and Derick begin their
second semester at Cragbridge Hall, the most prestigious secondary school in the
world. But when Grandpa Cragbridge admits them to the Council of Keys—a secret
group of people who have keys to travel back in time—strange things begin to
happen. One by one, members are found unconscious and unable to wake, their
keys stolen. Now Abby and Derick must scramble to figure out who is behind the
attacks before they become the next victims, which would give their enemy the
power to change the past forever.
A page-turning, time-travel adventure that teaches powerful
lessons about choice and consequence, believing you can do hard things, and
valuing history.
So here’s the second book in the Cragbridge Hall series, and
as you can tell from the title, it focuses on the Avatars. Avatars are robots
that mimic animals and allow their human hosts to experience what it is like to
be a gorilla, a rhino, or a giraffe, to name a few. This story picks up where
the last one left off, with the adults all safe and the kids are being
introduced to a brand new world where time travel is possible and the past is
being threatened by a terrible foe who thinks that history should be changed so
no one has to ever lose again. Derick and Abby are just starting to realize the
damage that can be done by this man, and the council of the keys (those who
know about the time travel) are slowly being taken out. Abby and Derick are
trying to find out how to help and expose whoever it is that has betrayed them.
This is a fun addition to the series, it focuses a lot more on Derick than the
first novel, so we get to know Abby’s twin better and see that he’s not as infallible
as he was painted in the first book. Again, we get neat history lessons while
reading and epic avatar battles by the end. Mystery abounds once more and we’re
left wondering, who will save the day?
I give it a 3.25 out of 5- above average, if only just.
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