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The Time Hackers

Gary Paulsen (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.39
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

AdventureFriendshipHumorQuestSelf-Discovery

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersComing-of-Age ProtagonistTime-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterQuestComing of AgeFound FamilyRoad Trip

Themes

FriendshipAdventureResponsibilityProblem-SolvingCourage

Synopsis

When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year-old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.

Is The Time Hackers appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

This middle-grade sci-fi adventure features pranks, time travel, and universe-threatening stakes, but keeps content appropriate for ages 10+ with mild peril and no mature content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Kids will love following Dorso and his best friend on a wild time-travel adventure to stop dangerous pranksters from wrecking the universe.

Tags

Science FictionTime TravelMiddle Grade Adventure