The Time Warp Trio is back--to the future, this time, as Joe, Fred, and Sam travel to the year 2095, again courtesy of Uncle Joe's magic book. Launching their trip from the 1920s room in the Natural History Museum, the boys arrive in the future's museum, where they see the 1990s showcased in an exhibit of the past. Such ironies of time travel abound as the three encounter their great-grandchildren, who rightly strive to return their ancestors to the past. Scieszka writes with a kid's perspective at all times, blending a warp-speed pace with humor that ranges from brainy riddles to low brow upchuck jokes. Although the plot is a bit thin and meandering, readers will find sufficient distraction in the robots and levitation footwear of the future. Smith targets the audience equally well with black pencil illustrations brimming with zany, adolescent hyperbole. (Reviewed June 1 & 15, 1995)

When 'The Book', a book of magic, enables Joe, Fred, and Sam to travel one hundred years into the future, they encounter their great-grandchildren, who help them escape back to the present with the aid of a note they have not yet written. Since some parts of the story require knowledge of the previous books, the zany, fast-paced tale will especially delight Time Warp Trio fans.