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The Timekeepers: The Aztec Adventure
The Timekeepers are a secret organisation of kids who keep the course of history on track – and history needs them – a villain called DeLay is causing chaos! When the hands on their watches start to spin backwards, the Timekeepers know that DeLay has been up to no good, and it’s up to them to put things right…
In this instalment, the Timekeepers travel back to 1442 and the Aztec Empire! Rosa is very excited to see the time of the Aztecs, who lived in the land that is now called Mexico. She and Luke are in the magnificent Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, and explore its enormous stepped pyramids, impressive aqueducts, and bustling markets, with traders selling chilli peppers, feathers, turquoise, and fabric with geometric patterns.
With a range of adventures that span all of history, The Timekeepers series is perfect for any adventure lover.
In this instalment, the Timekeepers travel back to 1442 and the Aztec Empire! Rosa is very excited to see the time of the Aztecs, who lived in the land that is now called Mexico. She and Luke are in the magnificent Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, and explore its enormous stepped pyramids, impressive aqueducts, and bustling markets, with traders selling chilli peppers, feathers, turquoise, and fabric with geometric patterns.
With a range of adventures that span all of history, The Timekeepers series is perfect for any adventure lover.
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August 7, 2025
Thank you so much to DK Children’s Books and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.
The Timekeepers have another history adventure, DeLay is at it again this time going back to the 1400’s to Aztec times. When Rosa and Luke arrive they find a girl in distress as she cannot find her important and expensive cocao beans, the two keepers are on the mission Instantly.
This was so much fun, what an exciting adventure that they went on. DeLay was at his usual tricks trying to remove parts of history so he can be powerful. I really loved how quickly they spotted the situation, how easily they became friends with Miah and were willing to help get her cocao beans back and save her job.
I loved the illustrations within this one, seeing the different types of outfits and the masks that they wore. It really added to the story seeing what exactly the masks and outfits would have looked like back then. It’s was a great way to fully set the scene to where we were.
So much information gets packed into such a short book, which I honestly love so much. It’s such an absolutely fun adventure, you’re getting to help solve a crime of history as you read, get to transport to a really interesting setting, but then are also given so much information, so many facts which adds to what you’re reading. This is such an amazing historical series, it’s perfect for young readers that might only be starting with chapter books.
The Timekeepers have another history adventure, DeLay is at it again this time going back to the 1400’s to Aztec times. When Rosa and Luke arrive they find a girl in distress as she cannot find her important and expensive cocao beans, the two keepers are on the mission Instantly.
This was so much fun, what an exciting adventure that they went on. DeLay was at his usual tricks trying to remove parts of history so he can be powerful. I really loved how quickly they spotted the situation, how easily they became friends with Miah and were willing to help get her cocao beans back and save her job.
I loved the illustrations within this one, seeing the different types of outfits and the masks that they wore. It really added to the story seeing what exactly the masks and outfits would have looked like back then. It’s was a great way to fully set the scene to where we were.
So much information gets packed into such a short book, which I honestly love so much. It’s such an absolutely fun adventure, you’re getting to help solve a crime of history as you read, get to transport to a really interesting setting, but then are also given so much information, so many facts which adds to what you’re reading. This is such an amazing historical series, it’s perfect for young readers that might only be starting with chapter books.
February 19, 2026
Slightly better than the previous book in this series (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), but still contrived and flawed, this adventure of the kids that somehow end up fighting the evil (and unexplained) DeLay across all of time has Rosa and Luke (and the cuckoo) go back to Aztec days, where it is soon revealed what DeLay's latest effort to cause chaos involves – the cancelling of chocolate!
This had more educative detail, although the book doesn't have the feel of a dry history lesson. The adventure isn't the greatest by any means, but it serves to keep us interested. But the questions about the whole shebang still remain, or at least do if you've not seen earlier books – such as how are the kids Timekeepers, what does DeLay actually want (other than to cause trouble), what in this instance happens to all the rotten food in the farms, and what will cause the series to end first – the number of pair combinations of kids to be the stars, or the number of relevant historical periods to feature?
Still, with much less of the written-by-committee feel of the Viking volume that had been my sole prior experience of this, it's worth three stars – yet little more.
This had more educative detail, although the book doesn't have the feel of a dry history lesson. The adventure isn't the greatest by any means, but it serves to keep us interested. But the questions about the whole shebang still remain, or at least do if you've not seen earlier books – such as how are the kids Timekeepers, what does DeLay actually want (other than to cause trouble), what in this instance happens to all the rotten food in the farms, and what will cause the series to end first – the number of pair combinations of kids to be the stars, or the number of relevant historical periods to feature?
Still, with much less of the written-by-committee feel of the Viking volume that had been my sole prior experience of this, it's worth three stars – yet little more.
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