"Magnificent."--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review
Story Thieves meets Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library in this
wacky, hilarious, and fast-paced middle-grade series starter, with the
perfect combination of magic, imagination, and adventure.
Javi Santiago is trying his best not to fail sixth grade. So, when the
annual "invite any three people to dinner" homework assignment rolls
around, Javi enlists his best friend, Wiki, and his sister, Brady, to
help him knock it out of the park.
But the dinner party is a lot more than they bargained for. The family's
mysterious antique table actually brings the historical guests to the
meal...and Blackbeard the Pirate is turning out to be the worst guest of
all time.
Before they can say "avast, ye maties," Blackbeard escapes, determined
to summon his bloodthirsty pirate crew. And as Javi, Wiki, and Brady try
to figure out how to get Blackbeard back into his own time, they might
have to invite some even zanier figures to set things right again...
Praise for Time Villains:
"Piñeiro scores with this tale of friendship, magic, and adventure...
Magnificent."--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review
"It's got heart, it's got thrills, it's got pirates! You won't be able
to put down this action-packed, relentlessly funny
adventure."--Sarah Mlynowski, author of the New York Times bestselling
Whatever After series
"A magical table that pulls in famous people from history and fiction?
Is this the greatest idea for a book ever? Yes. Yes it is. Come join
the best dinner party in history (and books), full of pirates,
sandwiches and history's greatest figures!"--James Riley, New York
Times bestselling author of The Story Thieves series
