THE HANGMAN'S REVOLUTION (W.A.R.P. Book 2), by Eoin Colfer

The story: Riley and Chevie are back, but there are complications: on her return from Victorian London, Chevie finds herself in the wrong world--a world where an evil plan hatched by WARP agents in 1890s London brought a brutal regime to power, a government that controls everything a hundred years later. Can two kids figure out what happened and prevent it? Possibly--but it'll take some help from the Battering Rams and their king, Otto Malarkey...which could easily end up making everything worse!

June Cleaver's ratings: Language PG; Violence R; Sexual content G; Nudity G; Substance abuse PG; magic and the occult G; GLBT content G; adult themes (brutal dictatorships) PG; overall rating PG-13.

Liz's comments: Here's another in a long line of sequels that didn't turn out quite as well as the original. Riley and Chevie are operating in their separate worlds for a long time before being reunited, and the story finally gets around to being good once that happens. Once again, there's a lot of violent action here, so those who are opposed to the idea of a gang-style massacre with weapons imported from the future will need to look elsewhere!