{"id":116,"date":"2012-05-09T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2020-07-11T07:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T12:17:55","slug":"circle-of-gold-by-guillaume-prevost-fiction-kidnapping-time-travel-treachery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Circle of Gold, by Guillaume Prevost (fiction) – kidnapping, time-travel, treachery"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"bookA treatise on magic<\/a>,
\nSeven special coins,
\nStone statues as time-travel portals,
\nOne villain intent using them to loot the world’s treasures.<\/div>\n

For World Wednesday, this concluding adventure in the Book of Time trilogy pits fourteen-year-old Sam against the shadowy Archos man in a final battle for control of the time-travel<\/a> gateways that only a few can travel.<\/p>\n

Sam always seems to be putting the safety of others first, from his cousin Lucy to the lovely Alicia to his grandparents and his father. Now he’s determined to learn enough of\u00a0 time travel’s secrets to stop his mother’s car before her fatal crash three years ago. Can the avenues of Time stand the strain of this potential paradox<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Whether visiting the vast tomb of an ancient Chinese emperor or walking through an Egyptian pyramid’s secret passageways, author Guillaume Prevost<\/a>‘s background as a history teacher brings fascinating perspectives to Sam’s many journeys through Time.<\/p>\n

Get the whole story at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>, starting with The Book of Time<\/i> (book 1- my recommendation<\/a>) and The Gate of Days<\/i> (book 2 – my recommendation<\/a>), then join Sam on his search for The Circle of Gold<\/i>.
\n**kmm\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Book info<\/b>: The Circle of Gold\u00a0 \/ Guillaume Prevost; translated by William Rodarmor. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. (Book of Time trilogy #3).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [author interview<\/a>]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My Book Talk<\/b>: The time-traveling talent shared by Sam and his father may be their undoing, as the Archos man tries to wipe them out and plunder all of Time\u2019s riches for himself. But he underestimates Sam\u2019s desire to make the world\u2019s time-stream right again, even if the teen loses himself in the process!<\/p>\n

Alicia, the girl that Sam adores, has been kidnapped from their Quebec hometown by the mysterious Archos man. Of course, the ancient book that the villain demands as her ransom is located far, far away in Renaissance Rome. Rescuing Dad from Vlad the Impaler\u2019s dungeon and surviving the eruption of Vesuvius seemed difficult at the time, but this time, Sam will have to travel back in time alone, as his cousin Lucy is away at summer camp; her great problem-solving skills would help so much!<\/p>\n

So Sam must use the ancient stone statue in the basement of his father\u2019s bookstore to open the Gate of Days again, using a certain combination of special coins to land in Rome \u2013 just as a battle begins. The book is inside the city walls, and Alicia is being held prisoner by attacking forces who offer Sam a different option for redeeming her life.<\/p>\n

Will her captors really try to double-cross the Archos man?<\/p>\n

Could Sam\u2019s collection of time-travel coins help him find another way to rescue her?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Does the gold bracelet really allow time-travel without having to use the stone statues?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Will he have to travel to future time to defeat the Archos man\u2019s greed once and for all?<\/div>\n

All of the time-journeys and trials which Sam experienced in The Book of Time<\/i> (book 1) and The Gate of Days<\/i> (book 2) lead him to this final race for The Circle of Gold. <\/i>(One of 5,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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