December 2016, Indigo Sea Press, 120 pages, Ebook, Review copy
Book summary
After getting a video camera for her fourteenth birthday, Kasey Madrid
enters film contest and chooses her town's 300th anniversary celebration
as a subject. All is well until the town's time capsule is unearthed
empty, prompting Kasey to investigate. Things get even stranger when she
begins to see someone in her camera no one else can see.
That “someone” turns out to be Marion Gibson, the town's former historian, who went into a coma-like state when the time capsule was buried and whose memories are now trapped in time. Kasey researches the town historians and reveals their 300 year-old secret: a wooden chest that gives them the ability to see other people's memories and visit the past. She also finds that Marion's successor, the real town historian, is missing.
Using her film footage, Kasey discovers the chest is passed on to each new historian every generation through time capsules. When the chest is stolen, Kasey and her camera go back to save Marion, find the identity of the next historian and solve the mystery of the empty time capsule
That “someone” turns out to be Marion Gibson, the town's former historian, who went into a coma-like state when the time capsule was buried and whose memories are now trapped in time. Kasey researches the town historians and reveals their 300 year-old secret: a wooden chest that gives them the ability to see other people's memories and visit the past. She also finds that Marion's successor, the real town historian, is missing.
Using her film footage, Kasey discovers the chest is passed on to each new historian every generation through time capsules. When the chest is stolen, Kasey and her camera go back to save Marion, find the identity of the next historian and solve the mystery of the empty time capsule
Nayu's thoughts
This is possibly my favourite book by
Clark to date! I loved the whole missing capsule because it instantly
gave me a theory about what would happen in the story. I was kind of
right too! Kasey is highly likable, with her inquisitive mind and her
trusty friend Paula. I've read the first book of their adventures so it felt like I was coming home to friend. They take
all the extraordinary occurrences in their strife, not freaking out
too much and are determined to find out the truth.
I liked how adults
are woven into the storyline -by this I mean some have a positive
influence on Kasey, they help her out in situations which in other
books would lead to the main characters breaking the law a little to
succeed. This is ok in fiction but isn't the best role model for
readers, so Kasey having help continues the positive mentality
towards adults in the tale. Not all hand out cookies, a couple are
distinctly troublesome, but Kasey and her friends find a way to deal
with those individuals.
I loved the supernatural element of the tale,
it's a clever concept, works well and I hope will feature in another
book in the series! It would be so cool to have extra help like that,
although it does come with great responsibility. As with al of Clark's
other books there's a happy ending!
Suggested read
Be sure to check out Kasey and Paula's first adventure Dizzy Miss Lizzie by R. M. Clark (Children’s, 11 years +, 10E/10E, semi short 'n' sweet review)
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