2095

Time Warp Trio #5

by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illustrator), Adam McCauley (Illustrator)

Fred, Sam, and Joe--the Time Warp Trio--find themselves in a wild adventure in the future, where they encounter robotic thieves, fight off 3-D ads, and come face-to-face with their own great-grandchildren. Reprint.

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Childrens, Adventure, Middle Grade, Chapter Books

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

Jon Scieszka is an American children's writer, best known for picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and the founder of Guys Read – a web-based literacy program for boys whose mission is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers."

Reviews

[Anya Stumantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this two times in a row. It is strange, but good depending on your point of view. Though I am a big book critic, I do prefer the broken down ones because they feel used. Though if a book isn't already broken down, and is new, I don't want to ruin the crispy binding and the new smell (does anybody else here like the smell of new books? Because if so..... well, please comment!) Then when I start reading the new book, I don't want to ruin the binding by opening it too wide, and then I open up the book just a crack and peer through the hardly opened book cover at the words on the page like some sort of freak.
But then I just can't stand it anymore and open it up wide. But not too wide, and I make sure that my mom never touches my books because she will ruin them!!!!!Whenever she picks up a new book that I finally had the courage to give to her. I spend my time hovering around calling out constantly, "Don't break the binding don't ruin it!" So I am gonna keep my books out of her hands from now on. Anyway, I love this book. This is one of the books that I will keep for a while. I love it! I especially like the robots, but I won't tell you anything else in case if there will be spoilers. Awesome book- but super weird. But by weird I don't mean to say that it is bad. I just mean to say that it is- well- interesting. Have a good read!

[Jenny Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the sci fi lovers! This is the only one that deals with the future, and we learn some more rules for time travel as well.
A simple but appealing series for young readers.

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[Mr. Cohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

1) I liked this book because it was really exciting and suspenseful. For example, they needed a book to travel through time but then they couldn't find it so they had to use Uncle Joe's Time Warp Watch instead (51). This was suspenseful because it didn't really work right and they bounced all around through time.

2) You would like this book if you like anything with action or time travel. The boys go forward in time and are racing around New York city and they need to find a way to get back home.

3) One challenge of this book was that it sort of started in the middle in the first chapter, and then the next chapter goes back a little bit and explains how they got there. This was really confusing the first time I read it, so I had to go back and re-read chapter 1 to figure it out.

4)A think a theme of this book is that you can count on family to help you. Even though the boys were stuck in the future, they eventually found family to help them get back. I think this means that no matter how bad things get, you can always count on family to help you.

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aha! Finally some rules for time travel.

[Jurbler · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a prophetic piece of prose. Perfectly punctual in pugilistic platitudes.

This is a book for children that I found in my old room and it still holds up to my current mental abilities.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I liked the part when Joe, Sam, and Fred got THE BOOK. I did not like this book because the Sellbots are annoying (they shoot out ads). It was kind of weird because there were also three girls that were also related to Joe, Sam, and Fred.

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some books and some authors just click with you. And that happened with this book (and to a greater extent, with this author.) We had so much fun with this story.

Our favorite was the Sellbot with the Brooklyn accent. I tried my best Brooklyn accent when I read this aloud to our girls and now they go around saying, "Hey buddy, what's your number?" constantly. It might get annoying eventually, but for now it's just hilarious.

And only Jon Scieszka could/would surreptitiously throw in a reference to the iconic 90s band, Right Said Fred (see last page.) I laughed out loud when I read it. I'm sure it was intentional, and it made me smile.

In any case, we have thoroughly enjoyed the books in the Time Warp Trio series and will read more as we come across them in our local library.

[Nahibya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este es un libro infantil y por lo tanto, debes clasificarlo en la línea de los libros infantiles que has leído, no se puede de otra forma.
Me gustó mucho y me reí un montón. No me meteré con la narración ni nada de esas cosas con las que me meto cuando leo un libro de adultos. Lo importante aquí es que es ágil, en menos de un hora te lo terminas y has pasado un rato bastante entretenido. Ha sido una muy buena lectura para un día frío y con lluvia.

[OliveTree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time warp trio is rad, and this be the raddest dad in all bagdad

[Zoe S · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was not the best book I have ever read, but If I could I would not read this book ever again.

[Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The time warp trio are from the year 1995 which is the same year I was born. It is now 2024 so it was fun to have a blast from the past as well as see the authors predictions of the future. I like the roll that ancestors play in the book. Family is the best. The futuristic world was exciting for my 5yo. The boys are still witty and exciting characters.

SPOILERS and book notes:
This book takes place in 1995!! The year I was born! Then they go 100 into the future. I love these facts about inventions: ““The zipper, invented by W. L. Judson in 1893. Or the electric vacuum cleaner, invented by Hubert Cecil Booth in 1901. Or the airplane the Wright brothers flew for the first time in 1903. Or frozen peas—” “Thank you, Sam—” “—invented by Clarence Birdseye in 1924. Scotch Tape, invented in 1929. And—” They talk about 2025 like it’s a crazy time period and that is the year right now! I love hearing all about the 90s bc that is when I grew up. They defeated the robot by giving him numbers that never end! Like pi! Or the square root of 2. Anti gravity discs that you control with the movement of your eyeballs!! So cool. 3D advertisements. ““Stay calm,” I said. “Maybe Uncle Joe’s trick will work and they won’t spot us.” “And maybe an elephant with wings will fly out of my nose,” said Sam.” Sam is the funniest. And their own great grandkids save them!! The robots weren’t killer robots at all! ““Sale items? You mean those SellBots don’t shoot death lasers?” I asked. “What about all that ‘What’s your number’ stuff?” “Once they get your credit number, they shoot out 3-D sale ads until you buy something,” said Joanie. “It’s awful.”

[Andrex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, in this book, the fifth in the series, Joe, Sam and Fred find themselves in the museum in the 1990's exhibit whilst having gone forward in time to 2095. There they meet up with their great granddaughters! We are reading these books aloud and in sequential order. I have not been impressed with the last two at all BUT this one was a little better although still corny. I could definitely do without the name calling also. HOWEVER it is a relatively short chapter book and so my pain is fairly brief! The kids also meet up with Uncle Joe for the first time. Can he help them get back to the right year?

Whilst there are definitely better time travel books out there that educate as well as entertain this book was okay. (One of our favorite series is by Wendy Leighton-Porter with twins Joe and Jemima along with their cat, Max.) I purchased this book in a bug bundle. I was not required to write a review but chose to do so. Thanks, Liz

[QuantiFIRE · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was looking forward to reading this book, but I was disappointed, by the Science of it all.For example, in the beginning of the book, they used teleports to travel in the museum. But later everybody used anti gravity disks to travel, like I would think they would have a teleport to there houses at least! Also they payed with cash, and we already use stuff like Apple Pay or Google Pay... And the only reason I'm not giving it a 2 star is, because it was kinda funny, and I like that Sam, Joe and Fred. Weren’t the only big characters in the book.

[Shelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this one!
This is one of my favorite in the series aside from the first book in the series. This one gives me a good chuckle every time.

I love that not only do they go into the future, but the main characters also meet their future descendants! And they look and act just like Fred, Sam, and Joe!

Except they are girls! They are basically the girl versions of the boys, like in a parallel universe.

I always thought that was so cool to see the girl versions of the boys as a girl reader.

[Zachary Owen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have fond memories of reading this book as a kid. As an adult, I can appreciate that this entry in the series finally starts to develop certain underbaked elements from the previous books. For instance, we meet the elusive Uncle Joe character. Time travel is somewhat explained, as well. Not to mention three female characters are introduced who I believe appear in other Time Warp Trio Books. I enjoyed the humor and the illustrations. A really fun read.

[Elan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's Joe, Sam, and Fred on a time-traveling adventure this time in the future.
Mind-blowing parts were like the part where they were time-traveling in uncle joe's dizzy clock watch attack.
It took one hour in one day to finish this "futuristic event."

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my favorite one in the series so far. The boys use a magic square in The Book and wind up in the future, complete with scary Sellbots and some mysterious girls. I really enjoyed the plot and characters.

[Maywoodbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best early chapter book... I prefer the Dan Gutman baseball time travel series

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son loves the Time Warp Trio. He loved this book, although I loved it a little less when he pointed out that I was born in the 20th century, and he was born in the 21st. :)

[Aysia Holmes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gffffff

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was really fun, stepping into the future!

[Amélie Hartley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cross between Magic Tree House and 13 Story Treehouse, without the tree houses. I would want to read more of the series to see if my opinion changes. Maybe I should have read these in order???

[Alex Carlson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the most fun and clever of the Time Warp Trio books where they explored the physics of time travel in more detail than previous stories.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun middle grade read

I enjoyed this more than the previous book. Traveling to the future instead of the past brought some interesting surprises!

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was an ok book i didnt like it that much becouse of how short it was

[kara]

Reading a children's book about time travel from 25 years ago is an Experience let me tell you

[The Transmuted Tree · Rating 2 out of 5]

Red 1st

[Rylee Perkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three friends traveling to different times, past and future. This book shares many exciting and nail biting moments as the friends jump through time. Definitely a book I would recommend to students!

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably one of my favorites. They meet their granddaughters, who are named after them, in this one.