She gently takes the author their readers by the hand by careful and nuanced introduces their characters, giving them time and space to get to know them in order to get a feel for the character.
When reading I have Samantha, their emotions and exciting experiences always felt very close and connected. Your start in a new class, her new friend and soul confidante, the tempting-dangerous revelation of her mother and finally her fascinating, but also full of dangers lurking journey into the past.
All this wrapped in a Beautiful and addictive voice garment can this tension-filled book primarily one thing:
Entrainment!
Dramatically, grandiose and yet adapted his age, it puts a reading in medieval practices that astonish, amuse, a well leave sad and especially thoughtful. Life at that time in Wittenberg / Magdeburg and elsewhere was hard privations and the ordinary citizens stand every day between survival, arbitrariness of the authorities, superstition and the always looming gallows.
While mother Soraya had in their time travel grandmother Amelie De Mere at her side, goes by Samantha and her friend Antonia soon the romantic fascination of its own journey through time. Mercilessly quickly they are caught up in events which demand them all and urge Samantha to a difficult decision.
Sams straight, caring and above all selfless nature was very touched. I was able to follow the reading, how it evolves and grew beyond itself. The welfare of others turned on their own. A very beneficial approach and warm message for a children's book!
As a children's book loving adult, I personally would have liked a little more details about the journey itself, and above all more education in advance for mother Soraya. 2, 3 question marks in this regard continues to be in the room, but the course of events were always incidental.
All in all a very exciting series opener to wait for the it is absolutely worth :-)