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Alex and the Amazing Time Machine

Rich Cohen (2012)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.61
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Kidnapping

Positive tags

AdventureSibling BondFriendshipSurvival

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistTime-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterQuestReluctant HeroComing of Age

Themes

FamilyCourageProblem-SolvingSibling LoveGrowing up

Synopsis

Fifth-grader Alex Trumble builds a "dingus"--a time machine--when his brother Stephen is kidnapped by dangerous, evil time-travelers, to get back to the past and into the future to save his family from disaster.

Tags

Science FictionTime Travel AdventureMiddle Grade Sci-Fi