Danger Boy, By Mark London Williams

The book that I read over the summer is called Danger Boy, By Mark London Williams. This was the first book in the series and it is about a boy named Eli. Eli’s dad used to work for a company called DARPA. Eli’s dad use to make machines that used something called a WOMPER charge to travel things through time. After Eli’s mom gets sucked into a time sphere, Eli’s dad decides to try to run away from DARPA. They move to a place in the country named Valley of The Moon, and although they try hard, the company agents find them. Then Eli’s dad starts to work again because of a new discovery. There is an outburst of small pox and Eli has to go back to ancient Alexandria to try to find out how it started (In order to find a cure). While he is there he finds a young girl who is accused of being a witch and a futuristic lizard boy from a different dimension. The three of them have many adventures together. At the beginning of every chapter the author tells you who is telling the story in that chapter, where it is, and when it is. This is important because the book is about time travel. You need to know who is speaking and what year and dimension you are in. for example, throughout the book the characters are in ancient Alexandria, present time, and a different dimension. The book uses foreshadowing. In this book the author gives subtle hints to what is going to happen in the next book in the series. This is also a form on cliffhanger. Every book ends with a question or a big event that makes you want to read the next book. There is much internal conflict in the book. Eli lost his mom in an accident a long time ago and throughout the book he is hoping that he will find her. He is drawn sometimes between trying to save his friends, and trying to rescue his mother. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves adventure books. The first book is great and the books get better as the series progresses.