Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Golden Hour


Title- The Golden Hour
Author- Maiya Williams
Reviewer- Chase
Nina and Rowan Popplewell just lost their mother in a car crash. Their father sends them to stay with their two aunts in Owatannauk, Maine. There, they meet Xanthe and Xavier. Nina is so depressed about her mother, she decides to go back in time at the old, abondoned, Owatannauk Hotel, which their aunts warned them not to go in. Rowan doesn't know where Nina is so he goes with Xanthe and Xavier back in time to the French Revoulition. Thinking that's where Nina went because she is a huge fan of Motzart. They can only time travel during the Golden Hour (sunset) and only have one week to find her and get back home or they will be stuck in that time period forever. In France, they meet many famous people like Motzart, King Louis, and Queen Marie Antoinette.Rowan becomes a friend of the Queen and hears her side of the story and later watches her exucution. While there, Rowan has made enemies, goes to prison and is about to be executed along with Xanthe and Xavier. Just before they are going to be killed, they escape,go back to the future, just in time, and Rowan finally figures out where Nina went. He goes back to 1990, Brooklyn, NY, where their mother met their father. He finds Nina, convinces her to go back and they end up with everything working out.
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