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Yikes!!!

Bill Myers (2012)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesTJ and the Time Stumblers #6
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.26
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

AdventureHumorFriendshipQuest

Protagonist archetypes

Time TravelerFish out of WaterEnsemble Cast

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterQuestFound FamilyRoad Trip

Themes

FriendshipTeamworkProblem-SolvingAdventureCultural Experience

Synopsis

In an effort to find the last ingredient for the fuel that will take them back to their own time, twenty-third-century time travelers Tuna and Herby transport themselves to Africa--along with half of TJ's seventh-grade class.

Is Yikes!!! appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

Clean middle grade time travel adventure featuring seventh-graders transported to Africa. Expect comedic mishaps, problem-solving, and teamwork with 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 enjoy the wild time-traveling adventure where a whole seventh-grade class gets accidentally transported to Africa while hunting for spaceship fuel.

Tags

Science FictionTime TravelComedyEducational