Digital Disaster

Hyperlinkz #1

by Robert Elmer

It’s a Long Way Back to Normal...

Austin and Ashley Webster are normal 12-year-old kids, living in Normal, Illinois. But things get very ab normal when an odd digital camera transports them into the wild, wild world of the Internet.

Soon they’re hopping from website to website, searching for their Aunt’s Jessica’s lost prize-winning beagle, Applet. From the Titanic to the Apostle Paul’s shipwreck, they’re really there!

But things get really wired when they run into the mysterious Mattie Blankenskrean, who’s trying to wipe out sites she doesn’t like. And she’s not going to let the kids get in her way. Can Austin and Ashley find Applet and make their way back to Normal–before Ms. Blankenskrean reprograms the truth?

Genres: Middle Grade, Christian Fiction, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 18, 2004

About the author

Robert Elmer is the author of more than fifty books, including contemporary novels for the adult Christian audience, nonfiction devotionals like Piercing Heaven and Fount of Heaven (Lexham Press), and seven series for younger readers. Among kids, he is best known for his historicals such as the Young Underground, Adventures Down Under, Life Behind the Wall, and Promise of Zion books. When he's not at the keyboard, he enjoys beachcombing and travel with his wife, and spending time with their three kids and families.

Reviews

[E.F. Buckles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series popped up in my feed today, and I squealed a bit because this is a Christian Fiction middle-grade series I remember reading during my actual middle school years, but had forgotten about until I saw the covers! I can't do an in-depth review or content advisory because I haven't read the series since middle school and I gave the series away at some point, but I actually do remember enough to say that it was a fanciful and fun series. Not one of my *absolute* favorites from when I was that age, but I enjoyed it enough to read the whole series, obviously.

This series was first published in 2004, so unless they've been updated over the years, they're probably pretty dated on the technological references, but I think, with a parent or older sibling to help explain what tech was like back in the olden days of the early 2000's :P kids could still enjoy these books, and adults might enjoy looking back to a time when they were younger and social media didn't exist yet. :P

[Katja Labonté]

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[Jerome Otte · Rating 4 out of 5]

A creative tale in which two kids confront the unlikely problem of getting sucked into hyperspace and stumble onto various biblical and historical events, and eventually confront a woman attempting to delete biblical truth from the entire Internet. Along the way, they confront a mystery dealing with a camera as well as Mr. FAQ, whose motivations and loyalties poses an open question.

Fun, mysterious and adventurous.