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The Golden Hour (Time-Travel Series #1)
Thirteen-year-old Rowan and his eleven-year-old sister Nina, still bereft by the death of their mother the year before, experience an unusual adventure through time when they come to stay with their two eccentric great-aunts in a small town on the Maine coast.
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
April 1st 2006
by Harry N. Abrams
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This is the beginning of the Time Travel series. I read book #3 a couple months ago and liked it a lot. However, this first book explained a whole lot of things that were a bit vague in book #3. I loved it! The author took time to adequately research the French Revolution and it was great reading about how the people felt during this terrible time in history. It seemed authentic. Marie Antoinette seems like a misunderstood person. In this book 13 year-old Rowen and his 11 year-old sister Nina, a...more
I just loved this book. It was so wonderful. So basically, the book is about a boy named Rowan, who is forced to spend his summer in a small town in Maine with his silent sister Nina. But then, along with twins Xanthe and Xavier, he explores a mysterious old hotel, that suddenly comes to life at certain hours. Suddenly, Nina disappears, and Rowan, Xanthe, and Xavier must find her. At least, that’s what the book description says. What it doesn’t tell you is that they travel back in time to the Fr...more
Rowan, age 13, and his sister, Nina, age 11, lost their mother a year ago, and life has not been the same since. Their dad is drunk most of the time, and it looks like he'll lose his bakery. He hardly talks to the kids, and Nina hasn't spoken a word since her mom died.
Now Aunt Gertrude and Aunt Agatha, who they hardly know, have invited them to visit for the summer. They quickly find two friends--Xavier and Xanthe--and also discover the mysterious "Golden Hour" when the old hotel comes to life a...more
Now Aunt Gertrude and Aunt Agatha, who they hardly know, have invited them to visit for the summer. They quickly find two friends--Xavier and Xanthe--and also discover the mysterious "Golden Hour" when the old hotel comes to life a...more
This is a book about a 13year old boy named Rowan, and his 11 year old sister Nina going on an adventure with their 2 aunts that have very different personalities. One of the aunt is mental, and the other aunt is very unaware. The four of them are on an adventure to find their dad who left them 5 years ago, because their mother's death 1 year ago. They have very little money, plus, they need to make sure that the aunts are safe because, on their way, they meet dangerous events. Rowan is a boy th...more
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I liked the cover when I bought this but I didn't expect the story to be moving! It was really amazing how each of the mystery revealed itself. A unique way to find out another world beyond our own. This book made me think of things I've never paid attention before like for example as the title itself says 'Golden Hour'. The few minutes where both the sun and the moon can be seen and when unexpected thing happen. I never paid attention to that. Also about the things we could lose in j...more
I liked the cover when I bought this but I didn't expect the story to be moving! It was really amazing how each of the mystery revealed itself. A unique way to find out another world beyond our own. This book made me think of things I've never paid attention before like for example as the title itself says 'Golden Hour'. The few minutes where both the sun and the moon can be seen and when unexpected thing happen. I never paid attention to that. Also about the things we could lose in j...more
The protagonist of this book is Rowan Popplewell. The antagonist is Nina, which is Rowan;s sister. They have been sent to stay in this tiny place in Maine, with two strange aunts they dont really know. They expect one month of being board, until Rowan notice this abandoned hotel in the woods. One of the aunts tell them not to go near it, but they ignore her and Nina goes missing.
I would recommend this book to people who always want to be at the tip of their toes when reading a book. This book...more
I would recommend this book to people who always want to be at the tip of their toes when reading a book. This book...more
The Golden Hour is about a boy and his sister that move in with their "aunts" for a few months. These two children find two friends that are twins. They all go up to a hotel that is said to be haunted and that the aunts say not to go to. They find out that during the Golden Hour where the sun isn't down or up. This is when ghosts of the hotel's past appear. When all four of them go into the hotel the children and they are allowed to go back in time. The next day The main character's sister is mi...more
When Rowan’s mom died his sister, Nina, stopped communicating with anyone. When his dad’s bakery got in financial trouble, Rowan and his sister were sent to spend some time with their great aunts in a tiny backwoods village. But the aunts know more than they tell and the village is a portal to time – an opportunity for Rowan and Nina to develop some talents, discover some truths, and restart their lives. In a search for his missing sister Rowan finds himself embroiled in the French Revolution wh...more
This is another one of those books I grabbed before it even hit the shelf at my other job. It just looked good. And it sounded rather unique. And it was.
This is a book that has a bit of something for everyone: time travel for the sci-fi lover, a place that can only be seen two hours out of a day (and the time travel) for fantasy lovers, lessons learned about life and self for the realist in us, and plain old fun and excitement for the rest.
The very beginning might take some bearing with; while...more
This is a book that has a bit of something for everyone: time travel for the sci-fi lover, a place that can only be seen two hours out of a day (and the time travel) for fantasy lovers, lessons learned about life and self for the realist in us, and plain old fun and excitement for the rest.
The very beginning might take some bearing with; while...more
Feb 29, 2008
Stephanie
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy-syfy-with-poc-protagonist
While it's nice to see some black characters in a fantasy book, the author is way too American in her perception of what life would have been like for a young black boy in Louis XVI's time. Also, many of the characters colonize the past... hello, editor, why didn't you catch this?
P.O.:
After their mother’s death, Rowan and Nina are sent to their (not biological) aunts’ home in Owatannauk, Maine for the summer where they learn that the town holds the secret of time travel. When Rowan travels to Re...more
P.O.:
After their mother’s death, Rowan and Nina are sent to their (not biological) aunts’ home in Owatannauk, Maine for the summer where they learn that the town holds the secret of time travel. When Rowan travels to Re...more
I liked this story and thought overall it was a good read for middle graders. There were a few references I thought could have been left out or re-phrased to make it more appropriate for school children. ie: no sexual relations when time travelling. Also one character is referered to as Miss for several paragraphs and then as Mrs. and then back to Miss and I hate seeing mistakes like that in a book as it invalidates the story. The time travel in France is the most interesting part.
Children's fiction/time travel adventure. It starts out as a suspense-mystery (are all those people really ghosts at the abandoned hotel?) but quickly turns into another book about time travel; characters find themselves in the middle of the French Revolution and must escape from several sticky situations. Reasonably entertaining, but apart from the Xavier's and Xanthe's African-American ethnicity, nothing very remarkable.
this was a terrific introductory story in the series. A great blending of time travel and historical fiction, I thoroughly enjoyed the crafting of this story line. I think that any young person who enjoys either of these two genres may find a developing interest in the other ... and if you already enjoy both, prepare to be drawn quickly into this series.
Mar 26, 2010
Cathrine Bonham
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Home Schoolers, Time Travel enthusists.
This is an awsome Time Travel fantasy adventure. I loved every minute of it. Fast paced action keeps the story flowing rather than digressing into long sections of historical disscusion like some other books of this genre.
I Loved the Characters; especially, the two witty and intelligent Homeschoolers. Xanthe and Xavier Alexander are great examples of the benefits of Home schooling they have the curiosity to go Time Traveling and the Smarts to help them survive it. A must read for every Home Sch...more
I Loved the Characters; especially, the two witty and intelligent Homeschoolers. Xanthe and Xavier Alexander are great examples of the benefits of Home schooling they have the curiosity to go Time Traveling and the Smarts to help them survive it. A must read for every Home Sch...more
Quirky time-travel adventure featuring two sets of brothers and sisters who meet in a small town in New England. They wind up back in the time of the French Revolution. Enjoyable. CHPL Battle of the Books title for the summer (09).
Fun quick little time-travel book, good for historical fiction fans. Rowan and his sister Nina are staying with aunts for a while, still grieving over the death of their mom a year ago, while their dad deals with his own problems. They meet Xavier and Xanthe, twins their age, while exploring an old abandoned hotel--which turns out to be a portal to another time! (Kinda reminded me of the movie Somewhere in Time, but not in the same romantic sense, just a cool old hotel with people from another e...more
This has weird aunts and family trama, but also time travel to a turbulent time in world history. Another brother and sister duo, but this one has also has another brother and sister set of twins. This is good to recommend to kids who like 39 clues and The Red Pyramid.
I picked this book up for $1 at my favorite local used bookstore. It was worth my dollar, and probably a little more. It's not going on my favorites shelf, but I did enjoy it. Then again, I like almost every book I read...
I happened to have this on my bookshelf from forever ago I guess. It's a little bit too young for me now, but it was a rather quick read and had some interesting bits of history.
Tweens who enjoyed the "Magic Treehouse" books when they were younger would probably enjoy this story. My 13-year-old really liked it and bugged me until I read it.
This book did not have enough action. If you like history then you would like this book,but personally I don't love history so I didn't love The Golden Hour.
While this book is reviewed for time travel, I think it could accompany a French Revolution project as free-read material in a Junior High or 9th grade history class. It almost seems planned this way since the author very specifically places an abundance of French Revolution details throughout. So much so that the author's own story seems secondary to the historical writing.
The characters are a bit underdeveloped and I wasn't really taken with them in their journey. I did like the details in ex...more
The characters are a bit underdeveloped and I wasn't really taken with them in their journey. I did like the details in ex...more
I started the audio version of this book, but the voice of the grandmother drove me absolutely crazy, so I switched over.
Easy historical fiction read. Great for elementary or middle school. I loved it as an adult reader.
love the idea of a golden hour. decent young adult fiction. nice imagination.
good book funny and some history and a twist at the end. I recamend it to emma
It started off good, but started to lose me toward the end...
I read it in danish about 3 years ago and i really loved it!
Feb 28, 2012
Emily
marked it as to-read
I WANNA read this really bad!!!:0
It was okay. An interesting concept.
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