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  • Chronal Engine

  • A Prehistoric Time-Travel Adventure
  • By: Greg Leitich Smith
  • Narrated by: Andrew Keltz
  • Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (34 ratings)

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Chronal Engine

By: Greg Leitich Smith
Narrated by: Andrew Keltz
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Publisher's Summary

When Max, Kyle, and Emma are sent to live with their reclusive grandfather, they think he's crazy, especially when he tells them about his time machine. But after Emma is kidnapped at the exact time that her grandfather predicted, Max and Kyle are forced to believe his eccentric stories - even the one about the Chronal Engine in the basement.

Now, to save Emma, Max, Kyle, and their new friend Petra must pile into a VW Bug, and use the Chronal Engine to take the road trip of a lifetime - right back to the Cretaceous period. With dangers all around, the teens find themselves dodging car-crushing herbivores in addition to the terrifying T. Rex. In this ancient environment, can three contemporary teens hunt down a kidnapper, forage for food, and survive long enough to return home?

©2012 Greg H. Leitich (P)2013 Audible Inc.

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surprisingly captivating

Starts a little slow but quickly runs away into intrigue in a fight for humanity

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Excellent

This is a delightful tale about the past with dinosaurs and children trying to find their kidnapped sister. The story “grabbed” me from the start. My 10 year old grandson will love this story. I did. Excellently narrated. The narrator makes you see the story as if you were there.

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an amazing adventure

what a great book such a wonderful story full of adventure and fun loved it from start to finish

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Didn't think I could finish it

It's only 3 hours but I struggled to get through the first hour. I love dinosaurs and time travel and expected something much better. This may be a children's book and was written for 10 year olds because the way the story is told and narrated is very suited to a kids book. Maybe that's why put me off, I didn't expect such lame and predictable dialogue as if i'm watching a bad 80s movie. but I finished it and that says something.

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