Reviewed by -- Maegan
Schaefer
Note - by a former
blog reviewer - the team has been retired, but still have reviews of theirs to
share.
Book Review of --
The Yesterday Tree by
Kenneth Teicher
Overall star rating
--- 4
1/2
About the book:
Computer specialist
Joe Rebman joins a team to investigate what might be man’s first contact with
extraterrestrials. The alien nature of the craft, discovered at a remote
location in the Arizona desert, raises concern for national security. This
prompts the Pentagon to add Colonel Warren Anderson to the team. A group of
college students on a field trip is discovered near the landing site. But they
are not really students. They are time travelers from five-hundred years in the
future with a mission to instigate the development of a worldwide genealogical
database. 26th century doctors will use the data to track down and cure people
with genetic mutations, saving millions from certain death.
Is this an advance
party of an alien invasion or time travelers on a lifesaving mission? Joe and
the Colonel battle about which scenario is true. Joe believes he must help the
'students' save future humankind from genealogical doom. Colonel Anderson doesn't
buy the story and wants to focus on the present. Who is right?
Book creation ratings
Overall total, out of
30 -- 28
-- Story &
characters -- 8
-- Cover & title
-- 10
-- Editing &
formatting --10
* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*
The review --
I loved this book and
how it incorporates genealogy. The author gives a reason why it has suddenly
become so popular. The story jumps back and forth from the two groups of
people. One from the future and one from the past. I really become involved
with wanting to know what happens to each group and normally would jump ahead
to their chapters and read them, but I read this on a kindle, so no such luck
there. My only problem with this book is that it ends before answering all the
questions. Not sure if there is a
sequel.
Reader Recommendations
Genre -- Science
fiction
Age recommendations --
12 and up, both boys and girls I think would enjoy
this
Sex content rating -- None
Violence rating -- Mild
** The author's links
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Amazon
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