A science experiment gone awry - known as The Event - has killed 6 billion people and changed life on planet Earth forever. Cars, books and gardens are rarities. A team of scientists called Watchers strictly control scientific pursuits. One afternoon in 2057, Andy and his computer Kojak activate Grandpa David’s old invention - a gadget he had been working on before the Event. Andy is transported back to 2022, forty hours before The Event.
Andy seizes the opportunity to change history just a little. He gathers books, seeds, an oil press and other useful things for life after The Event. He also discovers what his Grandpa David was like as a 20 year old youth.
Andy and David are poles apart. They are from different eras, they have different physiques & different friends. Yet their lives become inexplicably intertwined as they work to make the future a better place.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skilful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. -Harry Truman
History Changers is a time travel series with miscellany to beguile reluctant readers. It’s a reflective glimpse into a futuristic world where heirloom seeds and gardeners are a rarity because of a dramatic environmental incident. Readers with an interest in alternative fuels, seed banks and inventions will resonate with the youthful heroes in this low-key sci-fi book.
I can never consent to creep, when I feel the impulse to soar.
-Helen Keller
History Changers challenges tween and teen readers to rebel against the low expectations society places on them. It encourages young people to pursue a relationship with their Creator. And like the other Rebelutionaries titles the fiction contains numerous inspirational quotes, low-key sex-education and environmental responsibility themes.
RESOURCES FOR REBELUTIONARIES
So what’s a rebelutionary?
Ask some Rebelutionaries! Like homeschooled twins Alex and Brett Harris. They write -
The official definition of the 'rebelution' is "a teenage rebellion against the low expectations of an ungodly culture." When you look around today, in terms of godly character and practical competence, our culture does not expect much of us young people. We are not only expected to do very little that is wise or good, but we're expected to do the opposite. Our media-saturated youth culture is constantly reinforcing lower and lower standards and expectations.
The word 'rebelution' is a combination of the words "rebellion" and "revolution." So it carries a sense of an uprising against social norms. But in this case, it's not a rebellion against God-established authority, but against the low expectations of our society. It's a refusal to be defined by our ungodly, rebellious culture. Actually, we like to think of it as rebelling against rebellion... returning to biblical and historical levels of character and competence.
In 1 Timothy 4:12, the Apostle Paul tells Timothy, "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity." In other words, as young people we are called to be exemplary in all areas of life. Our generation is falling incredibly short of that calling. Instead of serving as the launching pad of life, the teen years are seen as a vacation from responsibility. We call it the "myth of adolescence." And the Rebelution is all about busting that myth.
The battle cry of The Rebelution is just three words, but it's an explosive concept: Do Hard Things. That's it. And "do hard things" is a mentality. It's a mentality that flies right in the face of our culture's low expectations. "Do Hard Things" is how we build character and competence. It won't drop to meet the low expectations, it won't just do what comes easily, and it won't become complacent. It applies no matter who you are or what level you're on, because there's always something harder to do, something that will take you outside your comfort zone and cause you to grow.
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