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Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (Time Warp Trio, 4) Review

Synopsis: The story starts off with the Time Warp Trio finding themselves in front of a forest with strange trees and giant ferns. They also realize that they are completely naked, and they cannot find the Blue Book that brought them to the Stone Age. They need to find the Book in order to get back to their own time, but now that they are in the prehistoric times before language, writing and books were invented, how are they ever going to find a book that was never made? The last thing they remember is being in Joe's room, where Sam brought up the idea of taking all the important necessities and traveling back to the Stone Age, where their things would be more impressive, and where they could meet their ancestors. What they didn't expect is to find themselves without anything, even their clothes.

They don't have much time to think because they soon find themselves being chased by what they think is a dinosaur. They soon meet three girls around their age, who introduce themselves as Nat-Li, Lin-Say and Jos-Feen. They notice the girls scaring a group of cavemen away, and the girls notion the Trio to follow them to meet "Ma". The boys reluctantly follow, not sure what lies ahead of them. The girls take them to a cave, where they meet a big bear like figure. The bear leader takes Fred's hat and reveals herself. She looks exactly like Joe's mother! Ma orders Nat-Li to take the Trio inside the cave somewhere, and the Trio soon find themselves trapped inside a room in the cave, making them prisoners.

The Time Warp Trio try to find a way to escape Ma and the girls, only to find themselves trapped amongst the cavemen in a pit that is guarded by a saber toothed cave cat. They realize that the Book could be in the form of a painting, since Sam tells them that prehistoric people believed that paintings had magical powers to control things like the animals they hunted.

Can they escape the cat, the cavemen, Maa and her girls, a woolly mammoth and find the book in time before they are ancient history?

Review: I thought this was a marvelous Time Warp Trio Book! From encountering a saber-toothed cave cat to a woolly mammoth, this book was filled with twists and turns as the Time Warp Trio find themselves from one problem to the next. I also enjoyed how the author introduced characters like "Duh", and symbolized women by the cavemen chanting "Woo Maa".

I think the main reason why I liked this book better than some others in the series was because it had a little element of suspense (where the Trio didn't know how they would find the book), adventure (when they try to escape the pit from the saber toothed cat), mystery(as to seeing if Maa was actually one of Joe's ancestors, or as to figuring out where and in which form the book would be in), and even a tinge of romance (as the Trio play matchmaker to get the cave men and the cave women together). The author beautifully manages to put all these elements in this book, while keeping with the fast pace of the storyline, making this book a real page turner.

The illustrations provided by Lane Smith add well to the story, where some of the drawings are really scary to look at, like the saber toothed tiger, the woolly mammoth, and the dinosaur, but are also nicely blended with other humorously drawn illustrations like the Trio tying leaves and twigs to cover themselves, or the manner in which the cavemen are drawn. The back of the book also has an interesting pop quiz that the reader could take during their free time.

Overall, I was not able to put this book down, because it was very well written that would be enjoyed by both children and adults. I would recommend it to anyone who likes the series, or even if you planning on reading "Time Warp Trio" for the first time, I would suggest reading this book first.

Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (Time Warp Trio, 4) Overview

The return of the popular Time Warp Trio finds the resourceful friends journeying back in time to the Stone Age, where school is no longer a problem but where there are plenty of other dangers and adventures awaiting. Reprint. SLJ. AB.

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Customer Reviews

I loved the TIME WARP TRIO~!!! - -
I am a fan of TIME WARP TRIO. This is the book my teacher read it to my class. (I'm a second grader on elementary school.)
This is a hilarious book that three boys named Joe, Sam, and Fred travel to the past and the future with The Book. This time they traveled to the past in the Stone Age. The three boys lost everything except Fred's baseball cap, Sam's glasses, and Joe's straw. Then,as they follow the three girls,the adventrue begins!
I recommend this book to anyone who likes funny,adventurous,and science stories.

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Time Traveling
By Zachary

Your Mother Was A Neanderthal is about three boys named Fred,Sam,and Joe who go to the past and see LIVE NEANDERTHALS!!! When they are there,they go through a lot of adventures such as teaching the Neanderthals to read and write.They got to the past by a book called The Book that Joe's uncle gave to Joe for his birthday.
Hope is found in this book because they hoped they would get back to the future because they were in the past.
A message in the story is never get ahead of your self.I agree with this because sometimes when I write stories,I put important things in front of other important things.Another is never give up.I agree with this because I never give up when hard things happen.
If I could trade places with a character in the story it would be Sam because I could recreate modern civilization in the Stone Age.
I think Sam represents intelligence because he can make clothes using leaves and vines.I think Joe represents magic because he knows a lot of magic tricks.
My point of view about the characters is I think Joe,Fred,and Sam are good characters.
Before I read Your Mother Was A Neanderthal I thought that you should give up if things were way to hard but after I read this book I changed my schema,now I think you should never give up.
I recommend this book to boys and girls because both might like the setting.Also recommend this book to kids in reading level 2 through reading level 4.I gave my book a 5 star rating.

My Review of Your Mother was a Neanderthal - -
I think this book should be rated 5 stars because it's really funny and has a lot of smart remarks. In the story Sam Joe and Fred, in other words the time warp trio travel to the time 40,000 BC. There they meet cavemen and cave women. The problem is that they have to find the magic book to get back to their own time. There they met three cavegirls who took them up to meet their leader Ma. Then Ma locked them up a cave and that's when thier problems started. But they finally escaped by running away when Ma opened the gate. After awhile they met cavemen and their leader Ug. Then Ug showed them maggot infested meat. When Sam Joe and Fred tried to get out of the smelly hole in the ground Ug pulled them down and said no caw. That's when they saw a sabre tooth tiger and they came up with an idea. They dressed like a really ugly monster and scared the tiger off. Then they went back to the cave and found the book. They used the book to go back home.

By Kayla Overman

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