Frozen in Time

1956: Freddy and Polly Emerson are enjoying a terrific summer vacation helping their father with his latest experiment. That is, until they disappear. The police investigate, but find nothing. Their father, Professor Emerson, has also vanished. 2010: Ben and Rachel Corder are sure it will be a long, dull summer until they discover an underground vault in their garden. The vault holds something incredibletwo children who have been asleep for decades! But unearthing Freddy and Polly leads to a whole series of questions: How will the two fit into the twenty-first-century world of cell phones and Whoppers? How will their bodies adjust after more than fifty years of being frozen? How is cryonic suspension even possible? What happened to Professor Emerson? And why does it feel like theyre being followed . . . ? An action-packed adventure full of mystery and intrigue, Frozen in Time brings the past into the present with hilarious results. Ben and Rachel discover the frozen figures of Freddy and Polly in an underground vault. The children have been in cryonic suspension since 1956, and awake to life in the 21st century, where they must search for their father, and discover why he left them frozen in time. Suggested level: primary, intermediate