{"id":3932,"date":"2017-06-13T23:13:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T06:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westfamilyblog.com\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2017-06-14T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T15:37:12","slug":"book-report-children-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westfamilyblog.com\/?p=3932","title":{"rendered":"Book report: Children of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the girls are going to do book reports this summer, I can do them too! Here&#8217;s one on my first book of summer reading, following the same format the girls use.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B00SN93AHU&amp;preview=inline&amp;linkCode=kpe&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_KnvqzbT9J6XRS\" width=\"336\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title<\/strong>: Children of Time<br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Adrian Tchaikovsky<br \/>\n<strong>Pages<\/strong>: 609 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setting<\/strong>: A few thousand years in the future, after humankind has fought itself to the point of destroying the Earth and the remains of the human race have fled to other planets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Avrana Kern is a brilliant scientist leading an expedition to create a new planet that can be home for humanity. Portia is a brave warrior and explorer on the planet. Bianca is a wise and courageous scientist. Holsten is a historian trying to help everyone avoid the mistakes of the past. Lain is an engineer who understands the technology better than anyone else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main events<\/strong>: Dr. Kern and her team travel far away from earth to try and transform a planet so it can be habitable by humans. A remnant of humanity&#8217;s instinct for conflict causes something to go wrong. A few thousand years later, another group of people finds the planet. Meanwhile, on the surface, a new society is forming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Problem\/Conflict<\/strong>: Two groups want to live on this planet, which is the only one any of them could live on. They have great difficulty communicating with each other. Who will survive?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion\/Resolution<\/strong>: The two groups find a way to communicate, but only after fighting, and realize they share the same goals and principles. They set out to live together on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite part<\/strong>: I most enjoyed all technology and exciting capabilities in the story. Each was a bit fantastical (humans able to hibernate for 1000 years? near light speed travel?), but just credible enough to seem possible. Dreams of new technology are always inspirational to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the girls are going to do book reports this summer, I can do them too! Here&#8217;s one on my first book of summer reading, following the same format the girls use. 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