03/25/2020
I have often wondered how people who have no faith, no sense of being loved by God, get through life's challenges. Apparently not very well in our increasingly secular society: 40 million Americans have anxiety disorders each year. 16 million have major depressive disorders. One in 6 Americans use a psychiatric drug, mostly anti-depressants. 48,000 committed su***de in 2018. Drug use and alcoholism provide other ways to escape. One of my hopes in writing this book was that it would be a fun way for youth to learn about Jesus. We all face difficult situations, especially in 2020, but knowing God loves us and having faith in a life after this world helps give us perspective and peace. If you know of someone who doesn't know about Jesus, this story can give them the basics and maybe make it easier to talk with them about Jesus. In the past I have suggested the book is appropriate for those 11 and up because it has a few incidents that might be scary for younger kids. But if a child has seen the Harry Potter movies, this book will not be too scary for them, so you can use that as a guide to age-appropriateness. I think it's more scary to be going through life without faith.
In the year 2110, fourteen-year-old Val returns home to find that the time machine her father created has returned home without him. Having lost her mother to illness two years earlier, Val decides to use the machine to go back in time to find her father and bring him home. She does a test landin...
