This story also has a reference to slavery, misfits within society and the future of waste management, which are strong and often controversial themes. I love the history embedded throughout the story and how we get to see the London of the past through the eyes of a child. I found the story more easily accessible having read the first book, as I understood the characters and their abilities more. I really did enjoy reading the second book in this series and I think this is because of the impression left on me by the first book. Everything happens so fast, the Infinity-Glass is stolen, an Infinity member is arrested and Elle and Big Ben are given the task to solve the crime. However, Elle is unaware that the museums most valuable artefact is about to be stolen. Elle and Big Ben return to our lives with an enthralling adventure story that sees them leap between the past the present and the future.Īfter the summer solstice, Elle and her classmates take a trip the Museum of the Past, Present and Future where Ellie is to read her award-winning piece of poetry that she has written about the Infinity-Glass. It is a story that thoroughly immerses us in time travel, history and our differences. This thrilling adventure story returns us to the lives of Elle and Big Ben - Leaplings with 'The Gift'. The Time-Thief is the second book from the Leap Cycle series (see The Infinite) by the fantastic author Patience Agbabi. Watch Patience Agbabi introduce book one, The Infinite. Look out for Book 3: The Circle Breakers. Can Elle find the missing Infinity-Glass and return it to its rightful home before it's too late? Along the way she will meet new friends, face dangers unlike any she has ever known, and face an old enemy who is determined to destroy her. To prove his innocence Elle must leap back centuries in time, to a London very different from today. But on the day of the school trip, disaster strikes, and the most unique and valuable piece in the museum, the Infinity-Glass, is stolen! And worse still, Elle's friend and fellow Infinite, MC(2), is arrested for the crime! It's midsummer's day and thirteen-year-old Elle and her Leapling classmates are visiting the Museum of the Past, the Present and the Future.

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