Sabotaged

Sabotaged  by Margaret Peterson Haddix is about two kids named Johah and Katherine that travel in time to try to return Virginia Dare back into pre-colonial times.  They encounter many obstacles along the way, but in the end, Virginia is returned to the right time and saves Virginia’s grandfather.  This book is one of a series involving time travel and historical events.

One of the messages that I got from this book was that “blood is thicker than water” and that people will go to great lengths to keep a family member safe, even if they don’t really know them.  Virginia Dare’s grandfather was John White, the founder of the Roanoke colony.  She didn’t actually know him, but since she had time traveled, she knew that he would be in serious danger while looking for the lost colony at Roanoke.  She convinced Jonah and Katherine to help her.   She would do anything to save her grandfather, including jumping into a river during a hurricane to pull him out of the water and actually delivering him to Roanoke safely.  

This book really made me think about whether I would put myself in danger to help someone that I didn’t know.  I would like to think that I would, but if I’m being really honest, I don’t know that I would jump in a raging river during a hurricane for a stranger, even if it was a family member.  I am very close to my family, even my extended family, and I know for sure that I would do anything in the world to save them.  I am pretty sure that I would do the same thing for my best friends. I know I would help a stranger if I didn’t think I was risking my life.  But I wonder what I would do about someone I didn’t know.

I loved this book because it involves history and mystery.  I have already started the next book in the series, Torn.  You can read about that next week!