Sophie's+Sci-Fi

SENT, by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Jonah and Chip have just discovered something about themselves that they never though was possible. They are famous missing children from history. Before they know what’s going on, they get zapped back in time with Katherine and another boy, Alex, to the 1500’s. They soon find out that Chip is really Edward V, king of England, and Alex is his younger brother Richard, Duke of York. After figuring out what they’re supposed to do to get back home, they think it is impossible. They have to try to save Chip and Alex. There’s just one problem, how can they save them, when history states that they were both murdered?!

The science/technology theme in this book is time travel. In our real world now, there is no such thing as time travel. In the book, it has been going on for years, without anyone knowing. This theme is weaved throughout this book in the way that everything that happens, is liked back to time travel. The kids find that out shortly after their arrival. We all think that time travel doesn’t exist, but so did the characters in this book. What if time travel has been around forever and it is unnoticeable to us?

The character’s main problem in this book is that they have to find a way back home with everyone being safe. But they soon find out that it is going to be a lot harder than they thought. They encountered challenges along he way, which helped them in some ways, but hurt them badly in other ways. They have to figure everything out by themselves. What would you do if you were stuck in the past and had no way to get out?