Topher Hope is distraught when Ka, his devoted cat disappears, leaving a word
on his computer:
TENOCHT*I*TLaN
Wasn’t that the home of the blood thirsty Aztecs? Then she must be in dreadful
danger. But when Topher travels back to the time of the Aztecs, he finds
trouble from another source. The Aztecs think Ka is one of their gods, but El
Sol, a piratical Spanish conquistador, thinks she is a witch.
Can Topher save Ka from El Sol, rescue Pima, a girl the Aztecs want to
Sacrifice,and escape from the wondrous, floating city of Tenochtitlan before it
is destroyed?
Topher and his cat Ka are off on an exciting new time travel adventure in this
new book in the acclaimed series.
Book Worms/Carlisle News 11th July 2006
I liked this book. The first chapter was so good I knew I wanted.to read more.
Darius Green 10.
Julia Jarman has written over 80 books for children. She lives near Bedford
with her husband and has three grown-up children. She has been a schoolteacher
and journalist but she now devotes a lot of time to school and library visits
to talk to children about writing.”