Tony Abbott writes kid-friends,
boy-friendly books that are typically packed with action and
camaraderie. This series features Ned Banks, Roop and Suzi --the Time
Surfers!
#1
SPACE BINGO
The
adventure begins! And this book starts with a miserable Ned Banks.
You see, he's the new kid in school and he's not exactly succeeding on
the popularity front.
It's all pretty gloomy until somehow Ned manages to beam two Time Surfers from the year 2099 into his bedroom closet. The kids hit it off and soon Roop and Suzi ask Ned to join them. What could be cooler than that!
It's all pretty gloomy until somehow Ned manages to beam two Time Surfers from the year 2099 into his bedroom closet. The kids hit it off and soon Roop and Suzi ask Ned to join them. What could be cooler than that!
Word Count: 10,792
Page Count: 112
Accelerated Reading level: 3.2 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 121749
#2
ORBIT WIPEOUT!
This
story begins with Ned looking forward to a week long visit from his
best friend Ernie. However, before his guest can arrive, Ned gets an
urgent call saying that he needs to travel ASAP to outer space. Roop
and Suzi have to check out an abandoned space station and they want Ned
with them.
When the gang arrives, they find the biggest villain of the century waiting for them. And oddly enough, a villain named Klenn, a bad guy from on of Ned’s comic books. Weird! And scary.
But if the bad guys come to life, Ned wonders if the good guy from the comic books will also come to life. He certainly hopes so. Otherwise the Time Surfers might be trapped forever!
When the gang arrives, they find the biggest villain of the century waiting for them. And oddly enough, a villain named Klenn, a bad guy from on of Ned’s comic books. Weird! And scary.
But if the bad guys come to life, Ned wonders if the good guy from the comic books will also come to life. He certainly hopes so. Otherwise the Time Surfers might be trapped forever!
Word Count: 10,086
Accelerated Reading level: 3.4 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 121748
#3
MONDO MELTDOWN
Vorg, the evil master of time, has traveled into the past and changed the future. Can the Time Surfers make things right?
Word Count: 12,097
Accelerated Reading level: 3.4 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 125761
#4
INTO THE ZONK ZONE!
Vorg’s hatching a plan to eliminate the Time Surfers forever. And Ned Banks is first on his list.
Word Count: 11,601
Accelerated Reading level: 3.7 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 125760
#5
SPLASH CRASH!
NED,
ERNIE, ROOP, and Suzi are hot on Vorg’s trail when they crash-land on
an island paradise. Or it would be if it wasn't for some teenagers that
are almost as bad as Vorg. Can the Time Surfers save paradise?
Word Count: 11,660
Accelerated Reading level: 3.8 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 127156
#6
ZERO HOUR
Roop
goes missing and Ned, Ernie, and Suzi know they’ve got a big problem.
Turns out Kurtz is back and meaner than ever. He’s evil. He’s nasty. And
he’s 15. A really deadly combination considering that the villain wants
to keep Ned from finding Roop in time....
Word Count: 12,139
Accelerated Reading level: 3.6 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 127162
#7
SHOCK WAVE
Ned
Banks has waited his entire life to watch a live shuttle launch. But as
he waits for the countdown he sees ghostlike blobs swirling around
him. When Roop and Suzi arrive, the Time Surfers watch in awe as the
space shuttle launches into a dark cloud and then vanishes. The blobs
disappear in the chaos, and so does Ned’s new friend, Julie Tate, whose
father is trapped on board the shuttle.
Can the Time Surfers find the space shuttle before it’s too late?
Can the Time Surfers find the space shuttle before it’s too late?
Word Count: 12,095
Accelerated Reading level: 3.8 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 128407
#8
DOOM STAR
The
Time Surfers have got to find the photon crystal. This crystal is
vitally important since it has the power to change time: the present,
the future—even the past! But Zoa, a slimy, slippery dronth, is hunting
for the crystal too, using every power and ally she has at her disposal.
Who will get to the crystal first? And who will control the future?
Word Count: 12,232
Accelerated Reading level: 3.7 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 128400
