The Time Tunnel of August Kaplan

Katelyn Kaplan is an average 12-year-old girl who dreams of bigger and better things. Abandoned by her father Richard Kaplan, Kate resides with her mother in a quaint apartment living day to day. Then one day, a mysterious letter arrives and turns Kate’s world upside down. Kate’s mother Lynn learns that a great uncle of her husband’s has left his home and all his belongings to Lynn and Kate. The idea of having a new home and new life fills Kate with overwhelming joy. After a visit to the lawyer, Lynn finds that the house and her new ownership of it is no dream.

August Kaplan was no ordinary man, so it would be only logical that his home would be nothing less. In his day, August was a scientist and a man of vision. He believed that, given the right materials and using scientific logic, he could discover a way to glance into the future. Then one day, a young girl sprawls from a tunnel in his back yard and brings all his hopes and dreams to light. But every action has consequences, and Kate soon finds that delving into the past may alter the time in the present. Kate must find the strength to go into the unseen and beyond to find the answers to her questions; what she finds there could change the fabric of time forever.

Time travel isn’t possible…is it? For a young girl named Kate, time travel is as simple as climbing down a ladder and trudging through a tunnel. The Time Tunnel of August Kaplan is a remarkable story of how curiosity didn’t actually kill the cat, but instead led it to the past. Jane Shoup has a creative mind that proves anything is possible. You’ll be pulled in from the first page and held in comfortable silence and anticipation until the last. I felt cold chills on my arms as Kate reads August’s journal. Intrigue fuses with fear as every new mystery presents its self to Kate. From August’s will to the hidden rooms in the house, August guides Kate through time and space to places long forgotten by time. Excitement and suspense yield at every turn of the page. I highly recommend this story to children of all ages, even the adult ones. Get your copy of The Time Tunnel of August Kaplan by Jane Shoup today and find out just how Kate finds the past and what she brings back with her to the future.

Reviewed by: Sadie