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From the screenwriter of Academy Award–nominated Puss in Boots and Puss in The Last Wish comes an inventive middle grade adventure about an interdimensional school for time travelers perfect for fans of the Spy School and Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series.When Bertie Wells accidentally creates a black hole in his bedroom in the year 1878, it’s the very last thing he expects—except maybe the grown-up who steps out. Darla Marconi dresses and speaks like no one Bertie has met and comes with an Bertie is invited to attend the College of Space Machines, Multiverses, and Other Odd Sciences (COSMOS for short, because no one would go to a school called COSMMOOS). He is skeptical to say the least but, not having anything better to do, Bertie agrees. His day only gets weirder from there as he’s transported to 2022 for his first semester of school. Thankfully, he’s not alone—144 years in the future, math whiz Zoe Fuentes just accepted the same invitation, and 550 years in the past, Amelia da Vinci (yes, that da Vinci) has also decided to attend. The three team up and work together to survive the year, including weathering a time paradox, solving the case of a disappearing dean, and uncovering the truth behind a shady intergalactic secret society. At least time is on their side!
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*Thank you to Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing for letting me read an ARC of this book through NetGalley!* The Doomsday Vault Overall Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (3/5) or 6.07/10 overall Characters - 7 Atmosphere - 7 Writing - 6 Plot - 6 Intrigue - 7 Logic - 4 Enjoyment - 5.5 Overall Thoughts: I will preface this by saying that I'm not a big fan of time travel books in general, but I found this book to be a little confusing to follow at times and overall lacking in logic. If you read this just for the vibes, the book is decent, but if you look too close at the logic it all starts to fall apart. Overall the characters and atmosphere were pretty good and I think those aspects kept me the most intrigued. Unfortunately, I found there to be a plethora of typos (though that might have been fixed in the final copy idk) and the story was reasonably predictable (there were definitely some moments where I think I was supposed to be surprised and I wasn't). There's something here that's pretty enjoyable and unique, but it gets a bit overshadowed by the rushed pace of the story.