Harmless, silly read, recommendable to boys 4-6th grade. Two boys, one a video-game loving average kid, the other a genius-type who invents gadgets, fall into a time warp into a futuristic version of their hometown. There are generous descriptions of this futuristic world (imagine visiting a pizza place where the waiter puts his tentacles on your forehead in order to derive information about your favorite toppings) and plenty of silly banter between the boys. I finished reading a book last week called Herbert's Wormhole by Peter Nelson. The book is about a boy named Alex that likes playing video games out of the Alien Slayer series. Once Alex finishes the game, he has to go play with a friend arranged by his parents without him knowing. Once Alex gets Herbert to come over, Herbert tries to show Alex one of his latest inventions. Alex isn't interested but then tries the one he has on out. His slide then turns into a wormhole that they both get sucked into. They arrive in the future and meet aliens and end up getting into loads of trouble. Overall this book was great because it has a lot of exciting parts in it, is science fiction, and is pretty fun to read. Overall the reason I gave this book 5 stars is because it is really good once you get to know what's going on.
What do You think about Herbert's Wormhole (2009)?
Cute, fast middle grade. Would recommend to reluctant or younger middle grade readers.
—krissie
I liked this book because I liked all the future stuff.
—miriam
The book was okay. It was very predictable.
—Hazelnut1311
