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THE PHOTO TRAVELER is young adult author Arthur J. Gonzalez's first novel. Arthur was born and raised in Miami surrounded by his loud Cuban family. He graduated from the University of Florida, where he acquired his coffee obsession and his chocolate hoarding antics. He's the proud father of one baby girl, Sookie—his miniature schnoodle dog. Arthur is a self-professed goofball who spends 98% of his life laughing. He's now working on his second novel.
Reviewed by Melinda Hills for Readers' Favorite
Many people use the phrase ‘getting lost in an image’ but what if it really happened? In The Photo Traveler by Arthur J. Gonzalez, that is exactly the position Gavin finds himself in when he finally locates his biological grandparents. Living with adoptive parents after a devastating fire destroys his home and apparently kills his parents, Gavin lives through the horror of the death of his new mother, hostility of an older sister, and increasing abuse from his ‘dad.’ Just before his 18th birthday, when the situation escalates totally out of control, he leaves this dysfunctional environment in Nevada and travels to the last known address of Ed and Estelle Greene, the parents of his father. There, he learns about his unique ability to travel into the actual time and place of any photograph. Now anxious to track his parents, Gavin begins to travel in time where he discovers some very unsettling information and has to face the consequences of altering the past. The important question is whether the present will remain the one he knows or if things are thrown completely out of balance.
The Photo Traveler is a unique story dealing with time travel and the seriousness of the so-called ‘butterfly effect.’ Gavin is thrust into extraordinary circumstances when he learns of his legacy as a photo traveler and the fact that there are only very few of these special individuals left. He does not know who he can trust and is forced to think quickly in many situations when the players show their true colors. The Photo Traveler is an exciting story that opens up plenty of questions about the nature of time, making choices, and changing your mind. It is up to each person to decide if being able to go back in the past is really a good thing or not. Like they say, you have to be careful what you wish for.
