Herbert's Wormhole

by Peter Nelson

Book Overview

Herbert Slewg and his hapless, video game-addicted neighbor Alex Filby have stumbled upon what Einstein could only theorize about: a wormhole through the space/time continuum. They travel 100 years... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061688681
• ISBN13: 9780061688683
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Dyslexics even like it!

My 12 year old daughter passed this book on to her 11 year old brother. My son has never finished any book longer than 100 pages long in his life. I'm not sure what level of reading this is but it caused him to finish the book. The pictures I know helped due to his dyslexia. I will keep my eye on this author and purchase every one of his future books!!! Thanks Peter Nelson!!!

G'day mates...review written by 10 year old boy.

Review written by my 10 year old son who read this book: Herbert's Wormhole is about a boy traveling to the future. I loved the book and I hope that you do too. At the beginning, a boy named Alex a wanted a video game called Alien Slayer 2. So his parents gave in and bought it for him. Unfortunately, right after his parents bought Alien Slayer 2 Alien Slayer 3-D came out. In Alien Slayer 3-D it comes with all these cool swords and suits. He promised his parents that once he's finished with the game he will play out side for the rest of the summer. When he finished the game his mom sewed him a shirt that said I Love Slaying Aliens! So, he put on the shirt and kept it on. His parents said they had a surprise for him outside. So he went out side and saw a jungle gym. He thought it was sorta babyish because he was going into 6th grade. Then his mom said he has to play with this kid named Herbert. Herbert is Alex's age and uses all these science words. Herbert has no friends. So Alex went inside Herbert's house to see if Hebert could play with him on his new jungle gym. When Alex walked in Herbert's room Alex was mad because Hebert got Alien Slayer 3-D and Herbert was taking it apart and making adjustments to two of the suits. For some reason Herbert and Alex had the suits on. Alex was playing on the jungle gym and Herbert was trying to walk through the fence. Suddenly, Alex accidentally hit a switch on the suit and Alex was getting sucked through the slide. Herbert was shouting at him to turn it off but it was to late. After they got sucked up by the slide they somehow ended up one hundred years later where G'daliens are friends with humans because they saved earth for them. Can Herbert and Alex get back to their normal time period or will they be stuck with G'daliens & not return home? Find out what will happen to them when you buy the book! G'day mates!

Loved this book

I have a 9-year-old boy and he absolutely loved this book. Truth be told, I loved it, too. It's funny, creative and completely unpredictable. My son's taste ranges from Captain Underpants (more vulgar than this) to Harry Potter (more serious than this). He stayed up late this past weekend to finish the book - he even set aside his latest Harry Potter to focus on this. He's not a big reader, so I'm always thrilled to find something he'll like. And if it's something I like, too, so much the better. I'd highly recommend this book for anyone with a boy or an adventurous girl - even reluctant readers will enjoy. Sequel?? Please tell me one is in the works...

G'day to a great new kids' book

If you have a kid (especially a boy) who's not the galaxy's best reader, here's the perfect book. Lots of laughs, funny pictures, time travel, space travel, aliens who speak in Australian accents, and just so much fun to read. Chapters are short, which my daughter loves, and the pictures are droll and dry. Plus, plot twists every 5 pages. I'd give this to kids who loved Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Even the title is funny!

Fun & Funny - children won't want to put it down

Wow, what a find. This is a very creative and engaging story, tapping the best of being a kid. The site says Kids 9-12, but I think it plays much broader than that. The minimalist cartoon style works, as it allows the words - and the reader's imagination - to take the lead. I'm not a big Sci Fi guy, but these adventures really kept me interested. Ready for a sequel.