Title: Complete letdown
Product review: Hmmmm, I normally like Turtledove and alternate history type books, but this one was kind of a letdown. Let me preface by saying I did not know this was for young adults. However, with a good book, that should not matter. Gunpowder Empire follows the Solter family who spend their summers on the frontier of the Roman Empire trading items such as Swiss Army knives for grain. Jeremy and Amanda are the teen-age children who get left in charge when their parents must return to the present for an emergency. Of course they get stuck there and are unable to communicate with anyone from home. Various problems present themselves and are neatly fixed by the end of the book. I was let down, I found this a little boring and at times tedious. I will not read anymore of the series.
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