Actual rating: 3.5(This review was originally posted at My Library in the Making.)Charlie Horologe had been ignored his whole life. Worse than shunned, he was always being forgotten. Even his own mother couldn't remember his name. One day, he snuck out of a boring museum field trip—no worries, his t...
Charlie is an odd boy who moves through life unnoticed. Literally. People don’t see him, people look away and even his own mother forgets his name. He is utterly forgettable.Until he runs into and battles a clockwork man and finds himself falling through a portal to 18th century London – and meets a...
Find one word that describes a character. Yvaine - Resourceful. She found ways to feed her and her baby. She even found them a place to stay. She taught others her trade. She jumped out of her comfort zone when she needed to.Compare two of the characters in this book. Charlie - is an all-America...
Summarize the book without giving away the ending. The book was about 4 people that were time travellers. They got into many scrapes, trying to survive. They learned about love and compromise.What did you like most about the book? The idea that Yvaine was taken out of the terrible situation, she ...
Is the story plot or character driven? The plot is rather straightforward despite the time travel options so I would say this story is character driven. Who in this book would you most like to meet? I would like to meet Yvaine. She's very witty and she would be hilarious.Do any characters grow or c...
How would the book have been different if it had taken place in a different time or place? The book needed to jump back in forth in time, because that was what the book was centered around. Wouldn't have been as good, if the places and events were different.Make a list of facts you learned from th...
List the five major events in the story in the correct order. Charlie, his dad and Aunt are travelling back in time. Charlie gets hooked up with Yvaine and Dancer. Yvaine and Charlie save Ben Franklin from the fire. Yvaine and Charlie end up in prison. Charlie arrives back home with his mother and...
What did the title have to do with the book? Everything, The whole book was based on time travel.Tell in your own words how the setting of the story made it more interesting. I really like the true history references the author made in the book. Like all the different places, the author took me in ...
What were the main themes of the book? It was about two young kids, stealing to get by. Also about them travelling to the future and revisiting the past. Author did a good job.Describe 2 different settings or locations. The Rose, where they all sit around and drank ale. Ben Franklin's house that b...
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