Tim, Defender of the Earth!

SPOILERS ALERT! From the first page, I loved this book. An advanced dinosaur, a T-Rex, has been created. When the prime minister comes to see what all the research funding has been spent on he's very disappointed. Tim is just a big dinosaur to him. He orders him to be exterminated and moves the funding to another scientist who's creating something for the military. When Tim is being gassed he panics and breaks out... Read Full Review

Sam Enthoven's new book, TIM, DEFENDER OF THE EARTH, is a blend of fantasy, science fiction, and giant monsters that tends to range all over the place. Honestly, he does a pretty good job of mixing all the genres because not one of them can completely exist without the other. This is a confection aimed at young male readers and it shows, though there's a scrappy girl character that I enjoyed a lot too. It's really hard... Read Full Review

Reviewed by Dylan James (age 11) for Reader Views (3/08) If Tim sits in his cage his whole life, he could well end up as Tim: Destroyer of Earth. But if he breaks out in defiance, he might be able to beat the swarm of deadly Nanobots and their psychotic creator. It wouldn't be that hard to decide except that he's just dead lazy. So it looks like it might be up to Chris. Desperately trying to be cool, Chris doesn't want to... Read Full Review

On a school trip to the British Museum, Chris wanders off alone and discovers a private room in the basement. A strange woman appears and shows him a special display case. The object in the case starts to cast a strange glow around the room. The lady opens the case and places the object, a bracelet, on Chris's wrist. It clamps shut and Chris is unable to remove it. With the cryptic words "You've been chosen" uttered to... Read Full Review