Book Description: The Eye Pocket

Full of smart humor, magic, and real science, this adventure celebrates ingenuity, courage, and a strong father–son relationship: Bobby Humblebeach, son of an unemployed adventurer, thinks he lives in America's most boring town. But when Bobby and two friends stumble across an Eye Pocket – an area of land caught between the past, present and future – Mr. Humblebeach abandons his couch and outfits the gang with the latest adventure equipment. Under cover of darkness, the four explore a world that is everything our planet was and will be. Their mission into the unknown goes awry, however, when Bobby’s dad excavates a gold chest and awakens its wrongful owners.

"Reluctant readers -- you know, those 7- to 12-year-olds who would rather play a video game than read a book -- won't be able to keep their noses out of ''The Eye Pocket'' -- San Jose Mercury News