Abe Lincoln and the Selfie That Saved the Union

Reviewed by: Karen Sandlin Silverman - Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham, Central Maine Library District

Review Date: January 8, 2017

Review

The second installment in the Left Behinds series finds Mel and his two classmates in Washington City arriving on the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg. They have dinner with the Lincolns in the White House and travel by train to Gettysburg to try to stop the inventor of the "iTime" app from catastrophically changing history. The Left Behinds -- the students did not go home from boarding school during their school holiday -- must use their knowledge of US History and some creative problem-solving to put things right and figure out how to get back to their own time and place. While the premise is a bit far-fetched, the story is fast-paced and the "you were there" style is fun. Includes an excellent bibliography.

Overall Book Score: good