"On March 14, at exactly 1:59 in the afternoon, the world stopped."From that first sentence, THE POCKET AND THE PENDANT grabs you and barrels you along a story that's fantastic in every sense of the word. It's funny, exciting, and fascinating, with tantalizing dollops of historical detail interwoven in a highly modern sci-fi adventure. While it's riveting and complex, it's also a touching story of friendship and finding one's own capacity in a truly unexpected manner. A real treat. Every once in a while we all come across a book that speaks, and speaks to us individually, in a way that goes beyond the characters and events inside the story; when the story becomes more than a story. Like Lord of the Rings, A Wrinkle in Time, even The Da Vinci Code, there are times when the story becomes a vehicle for thinking about who we are, what defines us, where we come from and where we are going, and Max Quick is just such a story. I'm not saying that I now believe exactly what author Mark Jeffery has put down in The Pocket and the Pendent to be the same as fact, just as the Lord of the Rings hasn't made me believe that elves and orcs are running around in the woods, but that it has stimulated thought, which in the end is the about the best thing a book can do. When we are kids our sense of wonder and open-minded exhilaration at the mysteries of the universe are so much more attuned, and this is a story that a kid can really get excited about (okay, as someone in the early 40's, I got excited too). As many reviews have mentioned, M. Jeffery has brought together magic, sci-fi, religion, metaphysics, philosophy, creation, and more into a face-paced story with truly excellent results.This is a great book, plain and simple. If there is any one common suggestion, amongst all the praise, it is that it would benefit from the professional polish of a top-editor and a large publishing house - well that is exactly what has happened through M. Jeffery's current association with HarperCollins. I'm excited for the revision and looking forward to purchasing the new version in March. Max Quick: The Pocket and the Pendant[[ASIN:0061988928 Max Quick: The Pocket and the Pendant]]
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Now and then a YA book takes me to a place an adult fiction cannot, I loved this book to it's core
—mehkai
GCute, well written, and funny. This book kept me entertained, and I give it props.
—skyehigh
