Meet You at Waterloo

Time Warp Trio #graphic novel 4

by Jon Scieszka

After being warped back to France in 1815, Joe, Fred, and Samantha are faced with a huge challenge—make certain Napoleon loses the Battle of Waterloo. But there's one Napoleon has stolen The Book and figured out how to change history. Join the trio as they try to get The Book back from the cranky emperor, fix the battle, and fly in one of the very first hot air balloons. Enjoy the ride!

Genres: Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 22, 2007

About the author

Jon Scieszka is an American children's writer, best known for picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and the founder of Guys Read – a web-based literacy program for boys whose mission is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers."

Reviews

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Victoria picked this (and many other) book out for Ethan in the pursuit of his reading merit badge. I have been very slow to adapt the graphic novel into my "what I read" repertoire, despite having spent an entire day last summer in the Vancouver Art Museum at an extensive exhibit to the graphic and anime art forms trying to understand it's magnificence, even bought a couple of books after reading through dozens, and it just didn't take. Everyone else in my house read these (The Dark Knight, Watchman, and Fun Home) but I couldn't get into it. It turns out maybe I started at too high a reading level, because I really enjoyed this--a sort of Horrible Histories approach to history, with a time machine thrown in for good measure, but there are alot of good pieces of history, information, and perspective all thrown in here is a very light format.

[Carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

AR 2.4 -- 0.5 points