This blog began in 2009, and it's transformed through different styles over the years. I've become a reviewer for the Young Adult Books Central (YABC) and posts for those books have their own look. I've also been a judge for Cybils.com since 2010 to determine the best books of the year in the category of elementary/middle-grade speculative fiction. You'll see reviews for these top books in some of my January posts from the past.
This book is very adventurous, and I gave it a rating of five out of five. Greg and has parents are transported back four-hundred years in time when an evil official, Michel Dinicoeur, from King Louis XIII's court steals his mother's magical necklace. The parents are captured, sent to prison, and sentenced to die in three days. Greg manages to escape and meets Aramis, Athos, and finally Porthos, The Three Musketeers; only they aren't Musketeers yet. The boys agree to help Greg rescue his parents, but the problem is bigger than they imagined. The prison seems impenetrable, but there are some confusing things happening. It's almost like Michel Dinicoeur has a twin, and he seems to know what they're going to do before it happens. I found this book at my local library, and I enjoyed it more than I expected. The plot has a great deal of action and mystery, and it also teaches a little bit about the history of Paris. Despite the fact that Greg came from the future, he uses almost none of his knowledge to help solve his problems. That was very unexpected. I am interested to see how the second book continues the story.
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