From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7-In the aftermath of 9/11, Susan, Charles and Murray Oakenfeld are sent to the Bay of Eternity in Canada to live with their mother's brother, Uncle Farley, a man they've never met, in a strange mansion called Drift House. Full of humor, outlandish characters-including a self-important talking parrot named President Wilson and a dumbwaiter named Miss Applethwaite-and bizarre occurrences, Drift House unexpectedly becomes adrift on the Sea of Time. Each of the children goes through a sea change, especially Murray, the youngest, who manages to gain wisdom well beyond his years. The many supporting characters are not fully developed, but do add color and spark to a tale already brimming with fantasy. The Oakenfeld children encounter a kidnapped mermaid, time pirates, a mural that seems to predict what's going to happen next, and more. Richard Poe does an excellent job of narrating the novel by Dale Peck (Bloomsbury, 2005), giving the characters distinctive voices, and making listening fun with his spot-on sense of comic timing.-
Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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From Booklist
Gr. 8-11. After the events of 9/11, Mr and Mrs. Oakenfeld send their three children from New York City to Uncle Farley's home on the Bay of Eternity, somewhere in Canada. Uncle Farley and his often-sassy parrot, President Wilson, inhabit a strange, shiplike home called the Drift House. A flood sends the Drift House (and the children) into the bay and then beyond into the Sea of Time, where they meet mermaids, pirates, a talking frog, and Pierre Marin, the builder of the Drift House. The complex plot contains ruminations on the nature of time, but fortunately the story isn't swamped by philosophical insights. Funny lines come at needed intervals, and Susan, the oldest of the Oakenfeld children, turns out to be a plucky heroine that readers will cheer for. This title, by a well-known literary critic, is best for fantasy fans with a philosophical bent.
Todd MorningCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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