Flashback Four #2: The Titanic Mission audiobook

An eccentric billionairess sends a team of teens on a dangerous journey back in time to photograph important moments of history -- perfect for fans of Lauren Tarshis’s I SURVIVED series and Chris Grabenstein’s ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY.Dan Gutman proves that learning about history is worthwhile for its own sake-- if it weren’t for an understanding of the past, we wouldn’t know about how zippers came to be! We wouldn’t know how people dressed, what they thought about, and what they cared about. Gutman blends this love of history with his trademark zaniness in the Flashback Four series.Readers need not have read the first in the series to jump on board the Titanic with Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel, who travel back in time want to take a picture of the ship before it sinks. The task is simple to explain, but there are plenty of twists and turns along the way that keep the four friends from their goal. My favorite thing about this book is its simplicity. Some books become so invested in complicated plot-based concepts that the mechanics of the zombies or cats or what have you alienate casual young readers. Gutman doesn’t do this -- he keeps the time-travel mechanics of this world simple enough so readers can easily understand the mistakes that the friends make along the way and includes just enough historical details to make us curious to learn more, but not too much that we feel we’re getting a lecture.I could easily see this book as a whole-class read aloud in an elementary school. I think readers would love to put themselves in the shoes of the Flashback Four and talk about what they may or may not have done were they on board the Titanic.

Seriously fun reading this book with your child. Who can’t wait for the next chapter. Great historical facts, interesting dialogue. And very engaging

This is Magic Tree House for older students! I like that it wove history throughout the book. Enjoyable.

** spoiler alert ** Better than the first one.I think that the sequel is better than the first book. I feel like there was actually an ending this time around instead of a cop-out. I also like how at the end of the book they get trapped in the past. It really gives a shocking ending to the story. Also when they saw all of the bodies floating in the water, that was a moment that just kind of stuck with me. Overall I think it barely gets 4 star. Probably 84% so a B.

This is the second in Gutman's four book series of YA novels about four time-traveling kids. The kids travel on the Titanic, and give a pretty good birds eye view of what the sinking must have been like. This series is a painless way for kids to learn history, and both of mine (10 and 7) enjoyed it.

I like these series because anything can happen! I like the endless possebilities. Anyone that likes aventure will probably like this historical fiction superstar!

The first time I read a titanic book that did not make me cry so well done Mr. Gutman

Research is solid. The characters are very realistic they are people you’d meet every day. A great story well told.

** spoiler alert ** I am still wondering how the Characters will get back home from the Titanic.

Another great book in this series! Loved it! Made me want to read more about the titanic &rewatch the movie! Highly recommend this series!

Really captures your mind

I really loved it

This book was amazing you find a personal connection with each of the characters and the story has such a cliff hanger read the book to find out more.

This was such a great story. It got pretty intense in the middle enough that it was worrying my kids. But I assured them it would be ok. Time travel is such fun.

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