"The text makes absorbing reading both for its sidelights on history as well as the personal drama portrayed...Teachers looking for books for units on inventors will find this a memorable choice for reading aloud." -- Starred, Booklist
“The Man Who Made Time Travel provides delightful insight into the inspiring story of John Harrison. Kathryn Lasky’s compelling text and Kevin Hawkes’s imaginative and captivating illustrations bring to life Harrison’s long struggle and eventual triumph in solving the longitude problem, which had baffled the greatest scientists for more than two centuries.” -- William J. H. Andrewes, co-author of The Illustrated Longitude
"With Hawkes's luminous full-color paintings on every page, its clear science, and its compelling social commentary, this title is not to be missed." -- Starred, School Library Journal
"Younger readers will discover both the historical significance of Harrison's invention and why he 'became the hero not only of clockmakers, but of dreamers and ordinary people everywhere who learned by doing and daring.'" -- Starred, Kirkus Reviews
