Category: Review
Author: Peter Lerangis
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Time Travel, To-read, Young Adult
Series: Throwback
2019 Bank Street College of Education's "Best Children's Books of the Year" Peter Lerangis, the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders and Max Tilt series, returns with an electrifying new trilogy about a boy who discovers that he alone may be able to alter the course of history. Corey Fletcher has an active imagination. He sees things no one else does. Cracks jokes no one else gets. And goes places few would ever dare go. Like the past. All he needs is a metal artifact from a point in time, and Corey can go there. Although hundreds of time travelers live in secret throughout the world, including Corey's own grandfather, none has the ability to change past events. But when Corey accidentally saves a life while time traveling, he realizes that he is the first-ever “Throwback,” with the power to alter life as we know it. Which means his own life is now in all sorts of danger. This is the first book in a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Peter Lerangis, whose books have sold over five and a half million copies worldwide.
The first in the MG “Throwback” series, I found this book to be an interesting read. Lerangis’ time travel novel about a young boy, Corey, who discovers time travelers exist, and surprisingly, his grandfather is one of them. The focus of the grandfather’s time travel is to save his wife who perished in the attacks on 9/11/01 on the World Trade Center. When Corey’s grandfather fails numerous times to save Corey’s future grandmother, Corey knows he must try, in spite of the dangers to himself and what he may do to time itself.
Read “Throwback” and travel back in time with Corey through old New York City to see if he’s successful at saving the grandmother he never knew, along with people he meets along the way.
Throwback (Throwback, #1)
