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Gideon the Cutpurse: Being the First Part of the Gideon Trilogy
by Linda Buckley-Archer
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (2006-06-27)
ISBN: 1416915257
EAN: 9781416915256
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 416 pages
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
SKU: T092110-giddeon
Condition: Very Good
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Product Description
1763. Gideon Seymour, cutpurse and gentleman, hides from the villainous Tar Man. Suddenly the sky peels away like fabric and from the gaping hole fall two curious-looking children. Peter Schock and Kate Dyer have fallen straight from the twenty-first century, thanks to an experiment with an antigravity machine. Before Gideon and the children have a chance to gather their wits, the Tar Man takes off with the machine -- and Kate and Peter's only chance of getting home. Soon Gideon, Kate, and Peter are swept into a journey through eighteenth-century London and form a bond that, they hope, will stand strong in the face of unfathomable treachery. Historical detail comes alive as debut author Linda Buckley-Archer weaves the eighteenth-century trials of Gideon, Kate, and Peter with the modern-day worries of their parents and the wily investigator trying to piece together the children's disappearance. A time-travel tale, the first book of the Gideon Trilogy introduces readers to a modern genre all its own.
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Customer Reviews
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Different cover image but same title
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-07-26
My book is the hardcover version but the cover image is similar to the paperback version (2 kids and the title is inside a circle), but, the title is still Gideon the Cutpurse and not The Time Travelers. This is quite strange because it is a U.S. edition, and the cover is in accordance with the U.S. edition but the title is similar to the U.K. edition.
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no delivery
Rating  (1)
Date: 2010-06-24
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
i ordered 5 /16 /10 as of today 6/24 /10 i have not received it yet lousy service i e-mailed them and they took almost a week to get back to me
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Rating (4)
Date: 2010-01-19
All Peter Schock wants is for his father to finally keep one of his promises. Peter's twelfth birthday is long gone, but his father has yet to provide Peter with their long-promised day of celebration including sledding, lunch in town, and a Premiership football match--a day spent doing his favorite things with his father! What could be better?
Unfortunately for everyone involved Mr. Schock once again fails to follow through, postponing Peter's birthday treat for the fourth time. Instead Peter is being dragged off to the country with his au pair to visit her friends--a family Peter doesn't even know.
Not that Peter really expected anything else from his workaholic father who always seems to have another meeting or another client that is inevitably more important than him.
In the country, Peter meets Kate Dyer--a girl Peter's age who seems to be a headstrong know-it-all and no one Peter would choose to spend time with. If he had any choice in the matter, anyway. After an encounter with an anti-gravity machine catapults the children back to 18th century England, Kate and Peter will only have each other.
Back in the 21st century everyone knows the children are missing and a massive police hunt is launched. But no matter how hard the police search it seems that the two children have vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile in 1763 the Tar Man, a fearsome criminal, has stolen the anti-gravity machine--their one hope of returning home. Stranded in a foreign time, the children have no choice but to try and get the anti-gravity machine back. Gideon Seymour, reformed cutpurse and mostly gentleman, has agreed to help the children. Will they succeed? Or will Gideon's dark past interfere with his good intention and conspire to keep Peter and Kate in the 18th century for good in Gideon the Cutpurse* (2006) by Linda Buckley-Archer.
Gideon the Cutpurse is a richly-told fantasy. Buckley-Archer blends the improbable and fantastical to create a vibrant story that, amazingly, is peppered with a strikingly authentic depiction of what life in 18th century England might have looked like not only to its historical occupants but also to modern children.
Some readers will love the story for its fantasy and time travel, others for the wonderful characters. Still others will love the novel approach to historical(ish) fiction. Most readers will love Gideon the Cutpurse for all of these reasons. The story takes its time getting started and setting the scene for events to come, but it builds to an exciting conclusion sure to leave readers eager for the next installment.
Possible Pairings: Dream Hunter by Elizabeth Knox, Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
*This book was originally published in England under the title Gideon the Cutpurse. I don't know why they changed the title, but the American edition is sometimes called The Time Travelers. This book is the first book of the Gideon Trilogy (alternately called The Enlightenment of Peter Schock).The second book is called The Tar Man/The Time Thief (US edition). The third book is called The Time Quake/The Splintering of Time. I will be referring to the books by their English titles because I received an English copy from the publisher for review and because I generally prefer the English titles and cover art.
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What a Find!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-11-15
What a find! I was in the 99 cent store and I saw this on display. I walked past it twice, then had to go back and grab it. I'm so grateful I did.
This book held my interest from the first sentence. Call it young adult, whatever, I'm WAY past young and it still kept me solidly entertained. I'm also a writer and I found the writing great. All I can do now is find the other books in the trilogy. I suspect I will love them just as much.
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Very Enjoyable
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-04-29
Overall a great book, time travel, cutpurses, I mean how can you go wrong. I will happily be reading the rest of the series.
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