This Book Proves that Time Travel Happens by Henry Clark is a book about how 3 friends, Ambrose, Tom, and Frankie, travel through time and face the repercussions of their actions in the present. To travel through time, they use a time trombone called The Shagbolt. During their journey, they are guided by 2 interconnecting puzzles, I-Chings, and Mose Code, which help them figure out what to do next. This book in the first-person point of view is a perfect example of science fiction because it has elements like time travel and extinct species, which are rooted in science, rather than fantastically made up.
This book surprised me. Most books not checked out even once in the library tend to be really bad, but this book wasn’t. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, they felt very relatable. An example of this is on Page 5 when Ambrose says, “It was the first year my parents were letting me go [to the carnival] on my own. they said I was showing more responsibility–I took out the trash a couple of times without being asked, and I found new ways of jamming stuff under my bed so my room looks clean.” I totally relate to this quote, because I do things like this all the time. I did feel that the plot was a little repetitive and dry. For example, in the 7th chapter, the kids first travel back in time. But, they practically stay in that time period for the whole book, going back and forth between the present and that time period, trying to fix what they did wrong. I would have loved to read about them going to different time periods.
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