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Time Swimmer NEW

Gerald Hausman

"Apart from exposing children to worlds that fire their imaginations, school librarians and teachers might find other reasons for recommending or reading Time Swimmer to students.  The book is fun to read, but it also raises engaging questions for discussion in a way that respects the ability of the young to think quite deeply when stimulated by questions that take them seriously."
Judith McCue, The Great Books Foundation

Time Swimmer is the story of a young Jamaican, Luke, who befriends an ancient storytelling sea turtle, Odysseus.  Together they travel through Caribbean time, righting wrongs and saving  lives -- the pirate, Henry Morgan, for one; and Cyparis, the only survivor of the Pelee volcano that killed 28,000 people in Martinique in 1902, to name another.  The novel is full of spiders that are men and lizards that are gods.  All mixed together in a pepperpot stew of fantastic spice that blends fiery history with delectable fantasy.

 

About the author

Gerald Hausman has written more than 70 published books including such Jamaican titles as Duppy Talk, Doctor Bird, The Jacob Ladder, The Boy From Nine Miles:The Early Life of Bob Marley and Three Little Birds. He founded the Blue Harbour Creative Writing Program, which ran for 13 summers on the north coast of Jamaica.  His books have won 35 prestigious awards and honors from the American Folklore Society, the Bank Street College, Booklist, Parents' Choice, New York Public Library, and the National Council of Social Studies.