World's Worst Time Machine
Treasure in the White City

This is a wild adventure through the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exhibition that will please middle grade readers who appreciate non-stop action. As an adult reader, some of my favorite books have featured time travel and the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, but never together. This is definitely a middle-grad......more

This was a great middle grade novel! The time travel and action packed chapters make it a fast paced interesting story. It was really interesting to learn about the time period and the Chicago Fair as well. I recognized some of the names along the way and I was really happy that the section in the b......more

Second in a series involving the world’s worst time machine, but one doesn’t really need to read the first as it summarizes a little of what happened. Overall though, two kids, Elsa and Liam traveled back to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair to find a way to get Elsa’s grandfather back who disappeared i......more

I think kids who love mystery and adventure will love this book. And I could tell from the title that it would be funny! My favorite part was when they were rescuing the time machine from under water comparing it to putting a wet phone in rice. There was also a lot to learn about that time in histor......more