The Golden Hour by Maiya Williams
Every book that I have reviewed up to this point has been a picture book. I really wanted my first chapter book review to be a good one, but unfortunately it isn't. I say that hesitantly, because I really liked the first third of the book.
The Golden Hour is the story of 13-year old Rowan and his 11-year old sister, Nina. Both of them are attempting to get over the death of their mother, and are sent to strange small town in Maine to spend some time with very unique Aunts. While exploring the town with 2 other children, they discover a hotel that becomes a time machine during that golden hour right before the sunsets each night.
The children end up traveling back to the time of the French Revolution (which I must confess is a time period that has never much interested me---which probably is the main reason why the book lost my interest) to search for Nina. They meet many people on their journey---I think there were too many characters also, making for a messier than necessary story.
If you have an interest and some knowledge of the French Revolution (which I doubt of most 9-12 year olds) than you will probably enjoy this book more than I did. Being that this book does partly take place during the French Revolution the story does have some violent content.
I did Enjoy Maiya Williams' opening chapters describing Rowan and Nina having to visit their aunts in a strange town with supposedly nothing to do. I also liked the way that she worked in some multi-cultural elements into her story without getting preachy, and treating them as problems the children had to solve especially being that they were in a time with very different attitudes.
The Golden Hour is the story of 13-year old Rowan and his 11-year old sister, Nina. Both of them are attempting to get over the death of their mother, and are sent to strange small town in Maine to spend some time with very unique Aunts. While exploring the town with 2 other children, they discover a hotel that becomes a time machine during that golden hour right before the sunsets each night.
The children end up traveling back to the time of the French Revolution (which I must confess is a time period that has never much interested me---which probably is the main reason why the book lost my interest) to search for Nina. They meet many people on their journey---I think there were too many characters also, making for a messier than necessary story.
If you have an interest and some knowledge of the French Revolution (which I doubt of most 9-12 year olds) than you will probably enjoy this book more than I did. Being that this book does partly take place during the French Revolution the story does have some violent content.
I did Enjoy Maiya Williams' opening chapters describing Rowan and Nina having to visit their aunts in a strange town with supposedly nothing to do. I also liked the way that she worked in some multi-cultural elements into her story without getting preachy, and treating them as problems the children had to solve especially being that they were in a time with very different attitudes.
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