The Infinite

I really wanted to like this book and I thought it was a great concept but I found it hard to read in places and the storyline didn't work.

Leaplings are rare but leaplings with the gift are even more rare. The gift is the ability to leap through time. The main character is Elle. Her name is a palindrome, which is when you read it backwards it is the same as when you read it from forwards. She received a SOS mesassge

This was a m a z i n g !

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Didn't enjoy this very much, although I'm told the pupils at school really enjoy it. I found it quite confusing! It was an interesting story - perhaps I should have read it a little slower.

I love reading magical books with people who have powers especially this book because some times I wish that I can go back in time too!

As girl called Elle Bíbi-Imbelé Ifíè is born on on a leap year and has the power to leap into the future, and the past across time.When Elle is 3 leap she can leap on her own into the future to 2048. Her teacher Le Temps saw her leap 1hour and 59 seconds in time and tried convince Elle to work for him and take the DNA from leaplings and combined them with sheep and call them sheap!? But Elle friends come to save her, and put Le Temps in time-out. When she goes home all her friends come after and celebrate their birthday's.

Elle was my favourite character.

I recommend this book to people who like magical books.

A time travel story with a difference. Elle lives with her Nigerian Grandmother and is a leapling, born on 29th February with 'the gift' which enables her to leap through time. She attends a school for leaplings and gradually learns more about her gift and how she can use it for good. She and several other characters are neurodivergent and this is handled with sensitivity. This is also an exciting adventure story, with a message about environmental issues and how what we do today can impact upon the future.

well i liked it because it is about not eating meat and saving the planet.

I loved Big Ben he is just to tall like me

This is about time travelling.

It is interesting but is long.

It is For older children about 9+.

This book was very interesting as I feel many of the emotions Elle feels in the same way.

I recommend it to 8 to 12 year old children.

It was exiting

I liked the character of Elle and her grandmother. It was a fast-paced story with plenty to get you thinking! I think this story has something for everyone: how it feels to be autistic, eco/climate issues, time travel, friendship, sports and mystery all rolled into one.

The person I liked the most was the grandma for reasons I just can't explain and I would definitely recommend it to someone else!

I loved the concept of this book of time travelling Leaplings. Central characters with autism and ADHD refreshing to read and using their different ways of thinking as super powers. Strong female lead with flaws also an added bonus.

This book is about different leaplings (people who are born on 29th February) like Elle, going on a trip to Leap 2048 where Elle solves loads of crimes and reports unknown criminals to the police. I liked Elle the best because she is responsible but also she is good at sports and I am. I would recommend this book to children aged 7+. I think so because it will inspire other to be brave.

Good enjoyable time travel plot but with more serious themes of bullying, identity and our relationship with nature.

This was one of my favourite summer reads. I was immediately taken into this world. I connected with the main characters and I found the premise of ‘time travel’ really interesting even though this wasn’t something I would usually find of interest. I didn’t want it to end.

I loved this unusual book about a time travelling Leapling (a person born on Feb 29th) called Elle. It's an adventure and time travelling mystery which moves at a fast pace.
When Elle travels we see what the future will look like after changes have been made in response to climate change. This makes the book really relevant and thought provoking it would work so well as a class novel as it opens up lots of discussion. The central character is so likeable and realistic that I couldn't put it down!

What a fabulous book based on a really clever idea. I loved the characters, I loved the diversity and I can imagine members of my class reading this and seeing themselves in it. I will definitely be recommending it to them after half-term.

Infinites are people born on February 29th. They have special gifts including being able to leap in time. On a school trip to 2048, things don't go to plan and the Leapers find themselves involved in a search for a missing brother and some very odd meat.

Recommended for: KS2 and KS3, 9+ years

I can definitely say that I have never read a novel like this! The Infinite is narrated by Elle Bibi-Imbele who is an exceptionally bright, autistic Leapling. A Leapling is a special individual born on the 29th February and some are even gifted with the powers to jump through time when they come of age. One particularly challenging day, Elle receives an ambiguous warning in the form of a text from the future but has no idea who is from, what it is about and how to help them. But she does know what year it is from - the year that she is just about to visit on a special school trip.

The novel first struck me as a breath of fresh air. Elle’s narrative voice is clever, amusing and I loved seeing the world through her eyes. The people who surround her are equally as charming like her best friend Big Ben, who constantly asks her ‘Am I your boyfriend?’ and is searching of his nickname because his timing skills are imprecise. Apart from Pete LMS (Like My Status) who is mean and a bully. The premise of the story drew me in too as I had not read anything like it - a science-fiction story with a contemporary style. It is also appropriately challenging for KS2 and KS3 students because of the complicated, time-travel narrative which is a bonus.

Even though I found the middle of the novel hard to get through because it felt like too many non-events were happening, I did appreciate the ending and glad I persevered. While the whole book promotes the idea of a social responsibility to be kind to our planet, there is an additional, lovely moral message about being kind to each other in the revelation. I am all about a book that promotes that message so I still think it is definitely worth a read and should be a staple in all libraries/children’s book collections. I think there are bigger and better things to come from Patience Agbabi if this novel is her starting point (aside from her retelling of Chaucer - Telling Tales) and I am excited to find out what!

This is a fantastic book for people who like time traveling because they are really good for kids who are my age so I reccomend this book to kids and family

Lovely concept. Really liked the time traveling element. I was rreally interestedthat the main character was autistic. I thought the autism seemed very present in the first part of the book but it was mentioned and referred to less and less through the later part of the story and I couldn’t decide why this may be

It was really good towards the end, I enjoyed when they jumped back in time they got up to some really funny things! It was a fictional story, I liked Elle the best. I would recommend this book to someone else.

I thought this was such an original and interesting story. There are so many elements that would generate great discussions, such as Elle's observations and thinking on the world, Elle's culture, friendships, and sustainability - let alone all the time-traveling! I feel that sustainability is an incredibly important topic to be discussed with children and so this book would be a fantastic way into those discussions. I would definitely like to read this book with an UKS2 class in the future and I would highly recommend it to other teachers!

This was a really imaginative and original book. It was refreshing to have a main character who was female, black and autistic. The pace of the book is hectic, and sometimes feels a little rushEd, due to the complexity of the story that Agbabi has created. It is surely crying out for a sequel. I would recommend this book for Upper Key Stage 2.

I loved this! Elle is the most original female protagonist I’ve met for a long time. I’m looking forward to sharing this with Year 6.

This book was very intriguing and fast paced. There is a theme of secrecy throughout the story which creates that ‘must read more’ feeling. The characters are all so different and, at times, hard to keep up with. It may just be a coincidence that this book is about TIME and needs the reader to devote a lot of time and concentration in order to follow the characters and understand the story. A good read for upper key stage 2 pupils.

I really liked the fact that in this book, a lot of the names are palendromes. I find it very exiting that Elle can leap back and forward in time. It was also a very good idea of Patience Agrabi to think of Ama being here undercover to look for her missing brother and the fact that Noon disappears and her twin sister, Eve, sort of fills in for her. One of my favorite characters was season, as her name suited her job perfectly. This book is very good for people who care for the enviroment and it was cool to see some of the pradictions of what it would be like in the future. This book I would recomend to 7+ as some times I can imagine younger people strugling to understand. I rate this book 5/5!