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Travel Glasses (The Call to Search Everywhen Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Chess Desalls (Author), Stephanie Parent (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 218 ratings
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I could go wherever and whenever I dreamed.
But I would have to pay a price.

Calla’s mobile devices sit in a corner of her room, covered in dust. Weeks ago, she shared photos and laughs with her best online friend. Now, after having felt the sting of betrayal, she prefers being hidden and friendless. She equates privacy with security and technology with pain.

Then she meets Valcas, an otherworldly traveler who slips through time and space with a pair of altered sunglasses. When an ethereal being knocks Calla to the ground near her family’s lakeside cottage, Valcas uses the Travel Glasses to help her escape.

He offers his further protection in exchange for a promise. But when she learns his search for her was not coincidence, she tracks down the inventor of the Travel Glasses in hopes of discovering their pasts and motivations. With Valcas hot on her trail, will Calla find what she’s looking for before he catches up?
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    The Call to Search Everywhen
  2. Print length
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  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    May 7, 2014
  6. Reading age
    13 - 18 years
  7. Grade level
    8 - 12
  8. File size
    3642 KB
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2017 LITERARY CLASSICS GOLD IN HIGH SCHOOL MYSTERY AND FANTASY
2016 IAN OUTSTANDING YOUNG ADULT WINNER
2016 NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL YOUNG ADULT RUNNER-UP
2016 READERS' FAVORITE HONORABLE MENTION IN YA MYSTERY

"The concept is very imaginative and well-defined....In spite of the sci-fi fantasy theme, the notion of love and trust in Travel Glasses made quite an impression on me." -Readers' Favorite, Lit Amri

"This was a refreshing deviation from the plug any date into a time travel machine and push a button approach of time travel seen in so many other novels." -YA Love Magazine

"As a first installment in a new series this provides an intriguing start."-I Am Indeed, Amazon top reviewer

"Well written and intriguing it caught and kept my attention right through,and was what so often appeals to me about YA, a great story and relaxing to read. I certainly want to know more..." -Jeannie Zelos Book Reviews, Amazon top reviewer

"A short novel with the thrilling beginning of a new series. The perfect cure for reading slumps, once you are two pages in, you will not be able to stop till you reach page 240. The plot of Travel Glasses was not one you could simply predict. It's full of never before seen twists which you will come to love." -Dory, NetGalley reviewer

"could easily be viewed as the resulting thought experiment conducted if Albert Einstein had met Lewis Carroll for an evening of tea and contemplation" -J.L. D., Amazon reviewer

"Chess has written a page turner; from the first page I was gripped by her storytelling. I love the idea of glasses for time travel. And the characters, people she writes about, are so real to me that I am emotionally involved in the story." -Debra, Amazon reviewer, Debb's Reads book blog

From the Author

Series titles:

Wrapped in the Past (The Call to Search Everywhen, #0.5)

Travel Glasses (The Call to Search Everywhen, #1)

Insight Kindling (The Call to Search Everywhen, #2)

Time for the Lost (The Call to Search Everywhen, #3)

Related series titles:

Darker Stars (The Song of Everywhen, #1)

Teardrop Moons (The Song of Everywhen, #2)

Shadow Clocks (The Song of Everywhen, #3)

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00K6A0964
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Czidor Lore, LLC (May 7, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 7, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3642 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 218 ratings

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Chess Desalls

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Award-winning YA fiction

Novels:

Travel Glasses

Insight Kindling

Time for the Lost

Darker Stars

Teardrop Moons

Shadow Clocks

Novellas:

Wrapped in the Past

Glistens

Glistens Part Two

Lantern

Beacon

Torch

Mer and Her

Customer reviews

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218 global ratings

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Valerie
5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air, exciting and enchanting, a thoroughly delightful story
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2014
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Chess Desalls is a breath of fresh air in the Young Adult genre ~ no zombies or vampires! Travel Glasses, or more accurately, The Call to Search Everywhen Book One, is just what it sounds like, a book about time travel where the characters travel through time and place using a special pair of glasses. What a fun, innovative idea, I thought when I bought the book. And boy was I right! Her characters are polished with just enough mystique to capture and maintain our interest throughout the book.
The main character, Calla, is an insecure, yet determined 17 year old girl with father abandonment issues, whose mother is always gone. Calla lives with her emotionally distant uncle and is unable to discuss peer problems when they arise. It's no surprise when a handsome, sophisticated stranger appears in the form of the enigmatic Valcas and sweeps her off her feet. After a terrifying brush with an unknown darkness, Valcas convinces her she is in mortal danger. Using the travel glasses, they flee into his past. Bad decision! But then, she is only seventeen. Yet as her impulsive behavior endangers her, it also helps launch her own fast-paced adventure.
Word of warning! Do not gallop through the book, no matter how tempted. And you will be tempted. Desalls writing sparkles and the adventure is gripping. If you go too fast, you will miss out on all the author's well placed hints, tantalizing clues and fabulously developed plot twists.
Finally, let me say that time travel holds a particular fascination for me, and I approach it with a systematically critical eye. Chess Desalls' clearly woven plot addresses each twist and turn of time travels potential dichotomy. Her world and characters are persuasive, logical and convincing. It is an exciting adventure with a unique approach to time travel. Join Chess in her search of EVERYWHEN. I highly recommend this book and can not wait to read the next installment. Thank you Chess Desalls.
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Claire Santos - Coffeeholic Bookworm
4.0 out of 5 stars a mesmerizing story that defies time!
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2015
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Calla Winston never expected the man who knocked her off to the ground would be the one who could take her to the past. A past full of mystery, intrigues, innovations and surprisingly futuristic technology. Valcas, the man with travel glasses, with eyes that kept on changing, with the purpose of showcasing her as his betrothed. Calla used her charm and wits to be able to return to the present, but something always seemed to hold her back. What does the future look like when she was stuck in the past?

Time travels are always a fascination for me. I've often wished to turn back time, to right the wrongs I made, to see what really happened behind my back, to see historical places, to meet legendary people. When I got this book months ago, I was mesmerized by the beautiful book cover, primarily because I love the color green. When I got to the synopsis, I was intrigued. How could a pair of sunglasses defy time?

And then it hit me. This was going to be a really interesting time-travel story. And I wasn't mistaken. Chess Dessal's writing was imaginative and expressive. Valcas and Calla's relationship was unique, one-of-a-kind. The travel glasses played a very fascinating and pivotal role in the story. Before you know it, you are sucked into the past together with the characters and you are left perplexed, excited, dumbfounded and hypnotized. Travel Glasses surely defied time!
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Lessa
3.0 out of 5 stars Likeable, but overall a miss for me
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2016
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This story has some interesting and imaginative elements, but overall I just didn't click with it well.

I liked Calla well enough and appreciated very much the fact that although Valcas is good looking and demonstrates a strong infatuation with her she doesn't leap into a romance with him, and has reservations. In spite of the fact that she is attracted to him.

But there were a lot of things that I found strange and confusing. At the start we learn Calla has been terribly betrayed by a good friend. To the point that the authorities had to get involved and she shut herself off from interacting with her peers. However when Valcas mysteriously shows up she trusts him immediately. After that ends up not working out so well she meets another person and trusts him. That just didn't seem realistic, in spite of how nice they seemed to be.

Narrated in first person the reader is mostly limited to knowing what Calla knows, which leads to some confusion. I would also have liked to have more description setting the scene. Calla travels to many places, but we only get small bits of information about these places, what they look like, sounds, sights, it made it hard for me to picture them and feel I was there.

There are so many things in this story that I think the story became over-complicated, and without really fleshing these things out. For example bringing a person forward in time causes them to be a type of shade, that over time simply fades away, but doesn't effect the real person. And I didn't understand why this was the case for others, but didn't occur to Calla. And then there was the concept that people you visit in the past won't remember you the next day, unless there is some kind of physical reminder. I just felt like there were a lot of interesting ideas, but too many thrown in together and most not explained very well.

Overall this one missed the boat for me, but there are elements here to like, and I enjoyed Calla's voice. I'll be keeping an eye on this author in the future.
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Avid Lisa
3.0 out of 5 stars It's so boring.
Reviewed in Brazil on June 30, 2016
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I tried reading it, I really pushed through it and I got up to 60% of the book. I don't know, I think that all the travelling and having to explain the whole surrounding and customs over and over sort of dragged some of the story. I appreciated most of the story and the plot was good. I really don't know what happened for me not to like it as much as I thought I would.
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Tristan
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun ideas
Reviewed in Australia on November 2, 2016
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Grt book. Lots of fun ideas
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Lorraine
5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling time travelling tale
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2015
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A thrilling start to a new, interesting and unusual time travelling tale. It was a quick and easy read that grabbed me on page one and took me for an adventurous ride, with several twists and turns along the way.

The world building was fantastic, and thanks to the creative and vivid descriptions, it was easy to see each place that Calla visited, from Edgar's small cottage in the clearing by the still stream to the White Tower with its long door-lined hallway.

Learning about the futuristic technology and inventions, and the 'physics and laws' of time travel at the same time as Calla, helped me to feel what she was feeling.

The characters were well-developed and each had their own personality and voice. As the book continued I learnt more about each one, their backgrounds and the reasons behind their behaviour and actions.

I loved this amazing start to a new series and have already read the second book. I'm now waiting for book 3.
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TardisDoctor
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story about Time Travel
Reviewed in Germany on March 4, 2015
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After "Saving Yesterday" by Jessica Keller I really enjoyed reading "Travel Glasses" by Chess Desalls as well. It gives you the opportunity to look at time travel from another perspective.

The next book sure is going to be interesting.
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Karen Mahoney
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in Australia on August 16, 2018
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A bit too weird for me
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