And now, children are the only hope for our
past.
Sharon Ledwith is a brand new, uber
talented author you definitely want to read. Her writing is YA, but pleases
readers from every generation are sure to enjoy The Last Timekeepers
and the Arch of Atlantis.
BLURB:
When Amanda Sault and her four classmates are caught in a
major food fight at school, they are given the choice of suspension or yard
duty. It was a no-brainer. A two-week crash course in landscaping leads the
kids to discover a weathered stone arch buried in an overgrown backyard.
Instead of a forgotten lawn ornament, it turns out to be an ancient time portal
from the lost continent of Atlantis. Chosen by an Atlantean Magus to be
Timekeepers—legendary time travelers sworn to keep history safe from an evil
force—the five children, along with two offbeat adults, are sent on the
adventure of their lives to save the Earth from an uncertain future. The
Timekeepers’ first mission lands them in England in 1214, where they must find
an adolescent Robin Hood and his band of merry teens before history is turned
upside-down.
EXCERPT:
Amanda Sault silently studied the words she just scrawled:
May 1st, 1214—Games and songs and revelry, act as the cloak of devilry. So that
an English legend may give to the poor, we must travel to Nottingham to even
the score.
She frowned. She was the Scribe. Amanda knew that meant she
was supposed to understand what this riddle meant. But she didn’t have a clue.
All she knew was that she, her four annoying classmates, and two offbeat adults
were standing in what was left of the lost continent of Atlantis and they were
supposed to be the Timekeepers, the legendary time travelers handpicked by
destiny to keep Earth’s history safe from evil. But no one had told them how
they were supposed to do it.
Their problem: no matter what happened—good or bad—they
weren’t supposed to mess with the past. Period. Dot. End of story. Amanda felt
hot liquid build in her throat. Her thumb traced the words of the arcane
riddle. Their first Timekeeper mission. Amanda knew this wasn’t the end of the
story.
This was just the beginning.
Sharon Ledwith is the author of the
middle-grade/YA time travel series, The Last Timekeepers.
Book one, The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis,
debuted May 18 from Musa Publishing. To read more about the book, or purchase,
please click HERE.
Keep up with Amanda and the world of The Last Timekeepers
series on Facebook.
When not writing or digging up the past, Sharon enjoys
reading, yoga, kayaking, time with family and friends, and single malt scotch.
She lives in the wilds of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada, with her hubby, a
water-logged yellow Labrador and moody calico cat.
