Beth and her cousin, Patrick, visit Whit’s End, also known as kid’s paradise, and meet the kindly Mr. Whittaker. They enter the Imagination Station—a time machine that sends them to a Viking settlement in Eleventh Century Greenland with a mission to retrieve a Viking Sunstone. There they meet the fierce Erik the Red and his Christian son, Leif. Erik, the village leader, wants to sell the cousins into slavery, but Leif tries to protect them. Things get complicated and the kids seemed destined to fail their quest—and miss their ship—and their ride home on the Imagination Station.
This easy to read, nicely illustrated story is well suited for the younger readers. The plot and setting with its interesting descriptions will bring history alive as well as entertain. The length and style will also help build student’s reading confidence, and the inspirational content elucidates positive character qualities.
Age Range: 8-12
Genre: Science Fiction, Historical
Series: Adventures in Odyssey Imagination Station, Book 1 of 6
Tyndale House, 2010
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