PEOPLE OF THE SUN
by Ben Gartner
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GENRE: Middle Grade, Action Adventure, Time Travel, Historical Fiction
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The explosive reveal about who John and Sarah really are and why they’re traveling through time, with their most gut-wrenching challenge yet.
In the time of the Aztec, a scoundrel named Cortés arrives and the kids are forced to make an extremely difficult decision: If you could change history, should you? For more twists, more danger, and more fun, read the third book in The Eye of Ra series, People of the Sun!
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EXCERPT:
This was too weird, so it had to be happening for real. If it made no sense at all, then it had to be real. That was what John had come to expect of their life ever since he and Sarah entered that cave in Colorado and traveled back in time to the ancient Egyptian town of Saqqara. Then, later, traveled through time again, from the museum in Washington, DC, to the ancient Roman frontier town of Aventicum.
Abnormal was their new normal, and seeing these two people—if that’s all they really were, and not gods—speaking of Aten and telling them they were needed again . . . John shrugged. It had to be true.
Something in his bones told him: It has to be true.
He thought all this out before the earth trembled again, and he matched the stare of the older man. John’s hand reached to the pendant he always wore around his neck. The eye of Ra.
The tremor stopped and immediately John asked, “How d’we go back?”
The old woman grinned. “Always so precocious.”
The old man laughed. “Agreed. Some things never change.” He winked at the woman.
“If you are who you I think you are, then prove it.” Sarah crossed her arms and pivoted back to confront these strangers head-on.
“What exactly is going on here?” Aunt Lorraine asked. “Do you know each other?”
“That necklace isn’t what you think,” the old man said, looking at John fidgeting with his pendant.
John felt the warmth of the pendant on his chest. He could trace it in his sleep, and in fact had done just that many times in his dreams—over the brow, around the almond-shaped eye, down the arc with the curlicue finish, then the final straight line with the knifelike edge. The eye that could transport them through space and time.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Ben Gartner is the award-winning author of The Eye of Ra time travel adventure series for middle graders. His books take readers for a thrilling ride, maybe even teaching them something in the meantime. Ben can be found living and writing near the mountains with his wife and two boys. https://BenGartner.com
WEBSITE
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BUY LINKS
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/People-Sun-Eye-Ben-Gartner/dp/1734155280/
Local bookstore:
https://indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AGartner%2CBen
Apple:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/people-of-the-sun/id1578394762
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/people-of-the-sun-ben-gartner/1139909512?ean=9781734155280
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/people-of-the-sun-2
Everywhere else:
https://books2read.com/people-of-the-sun-ben-gartner
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the excerpt, Ben and People of the Sun sounds like a thrilling read for the kids and the cover is very nice! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a happy & successful New Year!
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