The Golden Hour

I picked up a copy of this book a couple of years ago at my local re-use it center as the synopsis on the dust cover captured my attention. However, what really piqued my interest was an inscription to a young girl named McKinlee on her 12th birthday which was March 31, 2005 according to the date he......more

My son randomly picked this book up at the library and chose it for our nightly bedtime story. He is 10 and enjoys sci-fi and time travel, and so do I, so it seemed like a good fit. I was not expecting much but found that I really enjoyed reading this story. The storyline was more mature and emotion......more

I just loved this book. It was so wonderful. So basically, the book is about a boy named Rowan, who is forced to spend his summer in a small town in Maine with his silent sister Nina. But then, along with twins Xanthe and Xavier, he explores a mysterious old hotel, that suddenly comes to life at cer......more

The Golden Hour is a special part of the day, two hours in the early evening to be exact, where the sun creates a “golden” lighting. When thirteen-year-old Rowan and his quiet, eleven-year-old sister, Nina, are sent to live with their “aunts” for a summer in a small town in Maine, the “golden hour”......more

This is the first in a series of YA books featuring the adventure of time travel. In this one, the 3 main protagonists go to Revolutionary France (by mistake) to find their missing sister and friend. They encounter many dangers, of course, and the chaos of the French revolution is aptly described. T......more