Super-brain Zack Griffin and hoops fan Jeff Brown wouldn't normally hang together. But when both boys win trips to a famous science laboratory, they find out they do have one thing in common: curiosity. They discover that one of the machines in the lab can "bend" time--and Jeff and Zack end up in 1334 B.C. Egypt! There's a plot afoot to kill King Tutankhamen, and the Time Benders have to decide if they should they save the Pharaoh or just leave well enough alone.

“A breezy, straightforward approach to time travel featuring unforgettable characters.” – Kirkus Reviews Time Benders and the Machine For fans of Margaret Peterson Haddix’s The Missing and Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, four orphaned siblings discover the ability to travel through time and change history in Time Benders and the Machine. On a sunny day in 1974, the Fitzgerald siblings learn that their parents have died in a tragic accident. Devastated, the children are sent to boarding school at Choate Rosemary Hall—the same boarding school that their father and John F. Kennedy went to when they were younger, their Aunt tells them. Athletic, popular, football star Ken is the eldest Fitzgerald, and suddenly burdened with the responsibility of caring for his three younger siblings. Deb, a year younger, prefers books and the library to socializing, drawn to history and archaeology and hoping to find her way in Choate’s structured order. Joe is racked with sorrow over his parent’s deaths and determined to find a way to either get them back or make them proud. Kim, the youngest, is only ten years old and just trying to make new friends and keep close to her sister and brothers. When Joe finds an elaborate math problem and solves it, with the help of the reclusive caretaker, Mr. Brewster, the Fitzgerald’s discover that they have unlocked the secrets of how to bend time and time travel. Together, they devise a plan to go back in time, change a pivotal moment in US history, and impact their parents’ lives in the hopes of stopping the terrible accident that brought them to boarding school. Along the way they face looming spiritual and moral questions, while finding their way toward closeness and a path through their grief. With shades of C.S. Lewis’s Pevensie siblings and the wonder of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, JB Yanni’s Time Benders and the Machine is a time traveling adventure full of heart and soul.

With echoes of the halls of Hogwart’s, the Fitzgerald kids continue their adventures in Time Benders and the Two Promises. In this second book in the series, the full impact of what Joe has done sinks in, angering Deb and Ken, and causing Ken to pronounce the end of trips in the time machine. Later, when Deb learns about Mr. Brewster’s history, she and Joe defy Ken and take the machine to Las Vegas, 1958 to keep Mrs. Brewster from a certain accident. Bolstered by the success of this trip, Deb decides recklessly to try to undo what Joe had done in his solo trip in the machine, returning to Cambridge to stop Joe. The unknown forces of the universe and energy are working against their efforts to be in the same space and time and Deb barely makes it back alive! All of this creates a rift between Deb and her best friend Mary, because of the spiritual questions of whether one should try to change fate, until she finally understands. When Mary learns she may face a terrible future and major illness, she convinces the Fitzgerald siblings to use the machine to go forward in time to discover her fate. Through all of this, the siblings commit to two major promises about the machine, and their parents. Underpinning all of their adventures, they wrestling with their faith, the questions presented by the time travel and the fact that their trips continue to wreak havoc on their memories. This heartwarming story packs a punch of history, faith, and science sprinkled with kindness through these relatable teens.

Do you try not to be late, but it just keeps happening? You are not alone - one in five people struggle to be on time, and would love to change their lateness habit. In this trailblazing book Grace Pacie, a lifelong self-confessed 'Timebender', reveals the surprising truth about why we are late and what we can do to fix it.

The havoc wrought by the time travel of the Fitzgerald siblings continues in this third book in the Time Benders series. Mary has been dealt a terrible blow. She discovers her fate as a result of Mr. Brewster's and Thomas' trip forward in time. She makes a drastic and emotionally-charged decision to break with Ken. The protection of her secret comes close to breaking the bonds between Ken and his siblings, until he overhears a conversation and learns the truth. All the while, Kim is growing up, and impatiently waiting for her chance to make a mark on the world as her older siblings have done. She convinces Joe and Becky to join her on a humanitarian mission to Philadelphia in 1853. There to assist the abolitionists and the underground railroad, they find themselves trapped for many days in 1853 when Joe gets too close to a fugitive slave trial and winds up in jail! The trip explodes when Mr. Brewster alerts the others to the missing Joe, Becky and Kim. Deb makes a perilous choice to reveal their secrets to Uncle Darrick. All of this time travel is cause for multiple corrective trips in the machine, when Joe's cell mate turns out to be a co-conspirator in the Lincoln assassination and Uncle Darrick uses the machine to mend his relationship with his now dead father. Ken and Ryan travel back to keep Joe from conversations with his cellmate that dramatically change the course of history and Mr. Brewster must travel to stop Uncle Darrick from ruining his relationship with Alicia. When the dust settles, and the group gathers, they make several profound decisions about their fate, their memories, and their time travel and discover they have travelled a long way, and learned much on their long road home. These now familiar characters will warm your hearts and restore your faith!

A young inventor named Max and three middle school classmates travel back in time to the Garden of Eden where they are tempted by the Enemy to turn away from God.

Time Bender beschrijft de ontdekkingstocht van een jongeman die wordt meegesleept in een Galactische strijd die zijn weerga niet kent. De mensheid - zo ontdekt hij - bevindt zich in een sleutelpositie om de Kosmische conflicten voor eens en voor altijd op te lossen. De vraag is alleen: worden wij op tijd wakker? 'Ik heb je boek met open mond gelezen. Dit is echt next level.' Karen van Holst-Pellekaan 'Geen woorden die mijn geluksgevoel kunnen beschrijven. Mijn hart bubbelt. Eindelijk antwoorden!' Wilma Grobben 'Wat een ongelofelijk inspirerend verhaal. Mijn hoofd was de hele tijd ja aan het knikken.' Irene Verdoorn 'Op dit boek heb ik gewacht, het geeft op een begrijpelijke en boeiende manier inzicht in waar we vandaan komen.' Jenny Groot 'Ik heb rode ogen van concentratie door het lezen van je boek. Het is zo mooi beschreven. Telkens nieuwe ontdekkingen die mijn hoofd doen duizelen. Het zet alles in een nieuw licht. Zeer bemoedigend.' Adrie van Diepen 'Ik heb Time Bender in één ruk uitgelezen. De herkenning en bevestiging en de moed van jou om dit te delen, zijn van onschatbare waarde.' Angeli Que Pasa 'Dit boek is onbetaalbaar.' Annemarie Burger 'Wow! Het boek sleurde me meteen mee. Wat een onthullingen!' Eline van de Kam 'Ik heb het ademloos en in één ruk uitgelezen. Ontzettend bedankt voor deze informatie!' Marcelle Sla 'Niemand die alles met elkaar kan combineren. Ik dank je van met heel mijn hart.' Henriët Heskamp 'Wat een geweldig boek met prachtige versterkende inzichten die ik juist nu zo hard nodig heb.' Herma Wijnhoud 'Zorgvuldig verzamelde informatie, journalistiek geloofwaardig, meeslepend met een boodschap. Deed me denken aan De Celestijnse Belofte en een vleugje Dan Brown. Een ware hit.' Bert Ruitenbeek 'Eindelijk een boek dat alle esoterische literatuur combineert tot één coherent verhaal. Ik ben er zo blij mee.' Karen Jonkers Tijn Touber is muzikant, schrijver, leraar. Hij is oprichter van Lois Lane, schreef de titelsong voor de film Amsterdamned en verkocht meer dan 100.000 platen. Tijn publiceerde zes boeken over verlichting, waarvan Spoedcursus Verlichting de bekendste is. Hij is initiatiefnemer van Stadsverlichting, Schoolverlichting en geeft meditatie-concerten en stilte-retraites. www.tijntouber.com Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie.