title: A Slip in Time: The Book of Eventide
author: T. M. Cole
description: <b>Bowker Bookwire Review</b><BR>December 2006, Issue 1, Volume 1<BR> <b>A Slip In Time: The Book Of Eventide</b><P> A short twelve-year-old with his nose stuck in a book, Horace Neye had enough trouble making new friends without his parents constantly uprooting him. But when a girl bumps into him at the library in his new town, the sharp electrical shock that goes through him indicates that maybe Willows is going to be different than all the other places he s lived. In <i>A Slip In Time,</i> T. M. Cole offers a magical fantasy for kids that seems nonetheless rooted in reality. Horace falls into a crack in spacetime, somehow finding himself several days in the future. He must head off the malicious plan of a bunch of teenagers, while also trying to communicate with his new group of tight-knit friends. Some ingenious message relays turn out to be the key that lets each member of the group contribute his or her unique skills to the solution. And Horace learns that far from being a one-time freak occurrence, his slip in time may be an indication of his larger destiny. <i>A Slip In Time,</i> offers a wonderful combination of the mundane and fantastical. While the events of the story are undeniably magical, Cole offers refreshingly realistic, if exceptionally smart, kids. Cole does a good job of differentiating the nine children, even creating short profiles in the preface to aid the reader in keeping characters straight. While it seems unlikely that nine children of such widely varying ages might become such good friends, the combination of small-town boredom and the danger the kids undertake together offers adequate explanation for their unusual bond. In placing Horace out of time, Cole has set herself the tricky task of keeping all the characters moving toward the same goal without confusing the reader. For the most part, she does an admirable job, although one or two transitions are a bit difficult to follow. The language in some cases is too advanced for the fifth- to sixth-grade readership (certainly <i>Celestial Armillary</i> is not in most children s vocabulary), but that is the exception rather than the rule. The dialog among the children is natural and kid-like. <i>A Slip In Time,</i> is an enjoyable, mysterious read that hints at even more exciting adventures to come. --<b>Bowker Bookwire Review, Copyright 2006.</b><P><b> From Santa Barbara News-Press, New & Notable</b><BR>August 6, 2006<BR><i>A Slip In Time: The Book Of Eventide</i><P> A daughter-father collaboration...T. M. Cole is the author of this appealing story about a bunch of youngsters who get involved in time travel. The author's father did the illustrations. Horace and Alex, newcomers to the charming small town of Willows, are befriended by a group of kids. Yet when Horace disappears, the group must come together and find a way to uncover the significance of the Celestial Armillary and rescue him. Inventive teen reading. --<b>Fred Klein NEWS-PRESS Correspondent.</b><P><b>From IN FOCUS</b> and <b>KEYT</b> channel 3-television news reporter John Palminteri, April 16, 2006.<P><i>A Slip In Time</i> is a Primetime novel! --<b>John Palminteri</b><br /><br /><b>From Coastal View News, April 6, 2006</b><BR> <b>Carpinteria novelist travels through time in debut book</b><P> The idea for T. M. Cole s first novel, <i>A Slip In Time</i>, came to the author one night in a dream about her father. <P> Like many great works of literature and art, it might only seem fitting that Cole s father is none other than noted Carpinteria artist Ray Cole...This was the beginning of <i>A Slip In Time</i>, a father/daughter collaboration between the Coles that resulted in T. M. s first young adult novel, an intriguing story about teenagers and their travails through time.<P> Subtitled <i>The Book Of Eventide</i>, Cole said her fantasy novel, geared for readers aged 9-14 years old, was...influenced by J. K. Rowling s <i>Harry Potter</i> series and follows the adventures of Horace, his brother Alex, and their seven friends from the fictional rural town of Willows. Together they <i>outwit corruption, vandalism, and other bad influences, all complicated by a slip in time</i>...Cole, a full-time nurse...started the book in 2003 and worked closely with her father on the book s art. She described to him her concepts and he made the line drawings that are featured at the start of each of the book s 18 chapters.<P> <i>As soon as I knew I wanted artwork for it, he s who I wanted to work with</i>, said Cole.<P> Cole said writing has been a passion since childhood, and some of her favorite young adult authors have included Roald Dahl, Shel Silverstein, and Carolyn Keene of <i>Nancy Drew</i> fame, all of whom were an influence on the writing of <i>A Slip In Time</i>... --<b>By Paul Sisolak Coastal View News</b><br /><br /><b>IN FOCUS</b> and <b>KEYT</b> channel 3-television news reporter John Palminteri, April 16, 2006.<P><i>A Slip In Time</i> is a Primetime novel! --<b>John Palminteri</b>
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