Book Reviews: Surviving Antarctica & Gideon the Cutpurse

Yesterday, I was a Lazy Blogger, posting something I had already written instead of writing something new. Today, however, I am posting two whole book reviews. 
You're welcome. 
Book 57 was Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083, by Andrea White. I've read it before, but I chose to read it again for English class - it was the only science fiction book on the list, and there was no fantasy.
So. It's the year 2083. TV is one of the most important things. It's how school is taught. It's what most people spend all their time doing. One of the most popular shows is Historical Survivor, where people recreate events from history. Events like wars - and people really do die during them. For this one, five fourteen-year-olds are chosen to recreate Robert F. Scott's failed expedition to the South Pole. 
I really enjoyed this book. I may have said this before, but I adore dystopias. I really liked the characters of Stephen and Polly. One of the other great things about this book was that it told a great deal of the story of Robert F. Scott. I didn't know anything about him, but it's such an interesting and sad story - I definitely want to learn more about it. 

Book 58 was Gideon the Cutpurse. I found it in the library and my thoughts ran thusly: "Time travel! Awesomesauce!" Because few things are as awesome as time travel. 
This book is about two kids, Peter and Kate, who travel back in time to 1763 due to an accident with an antigravity generator. Because, as previously stated, time travel is awesome, I really enjoyed this book. It was very original. I liked the fact that we were able to see what was going on with the kids' parents going crazy and trying to find them. 
One thing I didn't like was the fact that when they tell people from the past "We're from the twenty-first century," the replies basically amount to, "Mkay, we believe you," and they hardly bat an eye. That really didn't ring true to me; I would expect reactions more along the lines of "They're making up stories"/"What big imaginations these kids have", or even "These children are insane."   
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