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Lost Time
A space age mystery! Twelve-year-old Violynne Vivant wants answers. Orphaned and anguished, she wonders daily what happened to her parents, archaeologists who went digging for the ancient city of Ninthon and vanished into the red sands of Lindos never to return.
Things heat up when a thief breaks into the Vivant?s house, looking for Violynne. Suddenly, she is swept into a m...more
Things heat up when a thief breaks into the Vivant?s house, looking for Violynne. Suddenly, she is swept into a m...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
May 1st 2008
by Philomel
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Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com
Violynne is twelve years old and living on the planet Lindos. Her parents disappeared a year ago while searching for the lost civilization of the Croon.
She lives in an unique house shaped like a crescent moon with her butler, Einhart, and her Aunt Madelyn. Then one day her house gets robbed, and they get an invitation to go to the capital city to attend the Perpetuity Masquerade Ball. This ball is given by the Arbiter, the supreme ruler of the plan...more
Violynne is twelve years old and living on the planet Lindos. Her parents disappeared a year ago while searching for the lost civilization of the Croon.
She lives in an unique house shaped like a crescent moon with her butler, Einhart, and her Aunt Madelyn. Then one day her house gets robbed, and they get an invitation to go to the capital city to attend the Perpetuity Masquerade Ball. This ball is given by the Arbiter, the supreme ruler of the plan...more
Picking up this book at the library, I instantly decided to check it out because I had been wanting to read more SciFi. I guess I was kind of enamored by that, though now it wasn't as impressive. By the time I got halfway through I began linking different aspects of the story to other famous SciFi stories that I had heard about or watched in movies.
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Violynne Vivant lives on the planet Lindos. Her parents, both professors disappear while working at an archaeological dig. Violynne is left in the care of her Aunt Madelyn and the butler Einhart. Things go along as usual until one night someone breaks into their house. Their crescent shaped house sits on the shores of Lake Sere. It was designed to prevent intruders from getting in. The only way this could have happened is if Arbiter, the ruler made it happen. Now he wants Violynne, but why? Viol...more
Lost Time attempts to be imaginative and gripping, but the strongest impression it gives is of a book being held back by its own audience. It is a science fiction book written for children, and the limitations on page count, technological ideas, and even scariness prevent the story from being fully developed. Names of alien races are thrown about, but little is described about them besides general physical appearance. The geography of the planet is vague and difficult to follow. The climactic sc...more
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Science Fiction
Grades 5-7
This book is frustrating on many levels. Violynne, the lead character, is clueless at some times, but a genius of deduction at others. She’s one of the few humans, and there doesn’t seem much reason to have humans around, on the sand-blasted planet of Lindos. At any rate, she’s the only character a reader could hope to sympathize with. The intergalactic identities and allegiances seem arbitrary and easily jumbled. The science is also a mishmash. The concept of time-shift...more
Grades 5-7
This book is frustrating on many levels. Violynne, the lead character, is clueless at some times, but a genius of deduction at others. She’s one of the few humans, and there doesn’t seem much reason to have humans around, on the sand-blasted planet of Lindos. At any rate, she’s the only character a reader could hope to sympathize with. The intergalactic identities and allegiances seem arbitrary and easily jumbled. The science is also a mishmash. The concept of time-shift...more
The Short of It
New species discovery may cause misery.
The Long of It
Violynne is the daughter of smart archeologist on a planet where the exploration of the Croon civilization is paramount to finding more about the planet’s history. What should have been a relatively safe exploration turns brutal when Violynne’s parents disappear leaving her to figure out the mystery.
The Thoughts about It
What? I read this book because it’s the last one for my students’ book group and I thought it was a snore. The...more
New species discovery may cause misery.
The Long of It
Violynne is the daughter of smart archeologist on a planet where the exploration of the Croon civilization is paramount to finding more about the planet’s history. What should have been a relatively safe exploration turns brutal when Violynne’s parents disappear leaving her to figure out the mystery.
The Thoughts about It
What? I read this book because it’s the last one for my students’ book group and I thought it was a snore. The...more
This is another of the SSYRA books for 6th to 8th graders, the 9th of 15 that I've read. It is set in a future dystopia, where 12 year old Violynne's archaeologist parents disappeared almost a year ago. Following a break in at her home, Violynne is drawn into a series of events that may help her discover the fate of her parents, if she can survive. This is an excellent novel for middle school readers, though there are so many characters, planets and alien races to keep straight that it may prove...more
* It's been one year since twelve-year-old Violynne Vivant's parents disappeared. When thieves break into her house, Violynne begins to see that her archeologist parents may have actually found something on their dig for the ancient city of Ninthon. Once she finds out that her butler is actually a former Arguaylan spy, she embarks on a journey that leads deep into the bowels of her planet. This adventure is a great way to delve into science fiction for the novice reader. Although the Violynne's...more
This was such a wonderful and fun read. I picked it up on a whim and opened its pages to find an exquisitely crafted world, with many cultures and details, and a heroine who made me want to follow her. Violynne’s world was amazing in its alieness, but also in the realistic future technology. I think if the story as scifi given the setting, but the situation fits in with a dystopian story—the Arbiter rules the city with a tight fist, and the Coil rules the planet.
When the story begins, Violynne’...more
When the story begins, Violynne’...more
This is a mostly-forgettable science fiction mystery. Twelve-year-old Violynne Vivant and her parents live on the planet Lindos, where her parent work at archaeologists studying Lindos's vanished ancient peoples. When both her parents disappear during a dig at the ancient city of Ninthon, Violynne is convinced there's more going on than anyone's telling her, particularly when thieves break into her home. Suddenly no one and nothing are what they seem, and Violynne is swept up into warring adult...more
One of the few humans left on planet Lindos, 12-year-old Violynne Vivant is determined to find her archaeologist parents, who mysteriously vanished a year ago while researching the ancient Croon civilization. Once she finds out that her butler is actually a former Arguaylan spy, she embarks on a journey that leads deep into the bowels of her planet to discover an ancient truth.
From Benicia High School Booktalks 2009 & Benicia Middle School Booktalks 2009-10
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From Benicia High School Booktalks 2009 & Benicia Middle School Booktalks 2009-10
Benicia Public Library Call Number:...more
Very reminiscent of Madelien L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time as it drops the reader into a fantastical setting without much warning and an absolute expectation that the reader will simply keep up. Most of the time, that's true, but the complexities of the plot and the time travel discussion might be too complicated for some and are certainly not always easy to follow. Violyn is, none the less, an enjoyable main character and the book's a good, fairly fast read.
Very reminiscent of Madeline L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time as it drops the reader into a fantastical setting without much warning and an absolute expectation that the reader will simply keep up. Most of the time, that's true, but the complexities of the plot and the time travel discussion might be too complicated for some and are certainly not always easy to follow. Violyn is, none the less, an enjoyable main character and the book's a good, fairly fast read.
A Sci-Fi novel, whose target audience is middle-school-aged children. 2.5 out of 5 stars.
I do not read a lot of Sci-Fi stories, but I did have hopes that this would be a good novel since it was on the SSYRA 2010-2011 list for young adults (SSYRA- Sunshine State Young Readers Award is awarded in the state of Florida). I was wrong. It was an okay novel, but not exceptional from any angle. The story seemed rushed, certain concepts were not well-thought out or well written (e.g. The time paradox), n...more
I do not read a lot of Sci-Fi stories, but I did have hopes that this would be a good novel since it was on the SSYRA 2010-2011 list for young adults (SSYRA- Sunshine State Young Readers Award is awarded in the state of Florida). I was wrong. It was an okay novel, but not exceptional from any angle. The story seemed rushed, certain concepts were not well-thought out or well written (e.g. The time paradox), n...more
I'm presenting sci fi at BPL's New Books Presentation next week. A lot of what I'm finding for kids tends to be spoofy. This title was a pretty good read, and I appreciated that the author took setting up her whole other-planetary cosmology with tongue firmly not planted in cheek.
This book was just awful to me. Nothing seemed quite convincing. Maybe it was because there were certain elements that were just like here and now, while the scene is set way in the future on another planet. I was also underwhelmed by the way the heroine figured out how time travel works. ??? Finally, I felt like she needed SOMEONE her age to interact with.
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The reader cannot predict what will happen next in this book. This book is also ripe for a sequel. I don't believe the business with the Coil is over yet. I liked the description of the Coil as a worm in an apple.
I really liked the setting development in this book. The made up planet seems very real. Some of the other elements are kinda quirky, but overall it is a solid science fiction.
goo sci-fi with a strong female heroine, lots of interesting aliens, time travel paradox, 1 comical villian, and one very scary ambiguous character - friend or foe?
This book is a wonderful action adventure that anyone would love.Once yo start it you cant put it down.
Good scifi story set on another planet with alien species adn a fiesty girl protagonist.
Nice middle-grade story with a spunky heroine and plot twists to the end.
Feb 20, 2011
Anyelika
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Sci-fi people and maybe through a little bit of the future in there =P
Recommended to Anyelika by:
No one
It was a bit confusing because I found it to be a bit futuristic and sci-fi like. However towards the end it became a really good book. I especially love Einhart,the butler of the Viola family.
very good so far only on page 6
Read in its entirety on 4/17.
Sunshine State pick 2010-2011
Ssyra for 2011
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i think that is a good book to read
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