No Ordinary Thing

By: G. Z. Schmidt

Narrated by: Kurt Kanazawa

When a mysterious customer tells Adam great things await him in the attic of his uncle’s bakery, he brushes off the exchange. It’s 1999 in New York City—and Adam has already met his fair share of oddballs and eccentrics.

But days later, in the attic, Adam makes a discovery that quickly sets him off on a whirlwind adventure. And Adam soon suspects he may not be the only one aware of his extraordinary secret when a tall man with long eyebrows and a thin mustache appears to be following his every move. …

With words that are warm, witty, and wise, debut author G. Z. Schmidt has written a fantastical novel that celebrates pluck in the face of adversity, and the timelessness of human nature.

©2020 G. Z. Schmidt (P)2023 Recorded Books

Robber barons and the perils of time travel

The tone reminded me of Roald Dahl stories and that’s a good thing. It was witty and whimsical, with a light mystery amid some deeper themes of loss, poverty, the ability to embrace the possibility of magic, and the maturity to accept the necessity of time proceeding as it should.