The Lincoln Project

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 10, 2015

Review

Four children get a note to meet a mysterious wealthy woman, Miss Z. She wants them to travel back in time to get photos of famous events for her. In this first volume they need to travel back in time to Gettysburg and take a photo of Lincoln giving his famous Gettysburg address. But the travel doesn’t go smoothly and the 4 might not be able to get to their own time let alone get a photo of Lincoln. This feels like an older version of The Magic Tree House series. The children in this story have different personalities and each has something Miss Z felt would add to the group. Sometimes the qualities were annoying and you had to wonder why that child was chosen for the group (especially Julia and her obsession with money). It also was a bit hard to believe that parents would let their children go to a strange women's house to do anything at all. Still, the adventure was filled with action and interesting facts about the time period. In one scene they get to meet Lincoln's son Tad and it turns out he was a bit of a rascal in real life and plays that role in this story. Readers that like a bit of history in their fantasy books will enjoy this book.

Overall Book Score: good