Time Travel Book Reviews
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When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave who was murdered in his very room in the year 1800. Travel with Kenny back in time as he tries to devise a plan to change history.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0531083829
ISBN-13: 9780531083826
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Stuck in Time with Benjamin Franklin: A Qwerty Stevens Adventure
Dan Gutman (2005), 192 pages
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
Qwerty Stevens discovered the Anytime Anywhere machine in a previous book, The Edison Mystery. While downloading information for a school report, Qwerty accidentally activates the machine and brings the real Benjamin Franklin into his bedroom! Qwerty realizes that if he doesn't send Franklin back to 1776, there will be terrible historical repercussions since Ben is needed to sign the Declaration of Independence. After taking Ben to school for extra credit on his report, Qwerty activates the machine but he and his best friend Joey can't resist going along, too! Will they be able to get back to the 21st century? Read this book to find out what it would be like to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Book Series: Qwerty Stevens, Back in Time
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 9/16/2010
ISBN-10: 0689878842
ISBN-13: 9780689878848
Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth
Lloyd Alexander (2003), 224 pages
Audience: 3rd Grade - 5th Grade
Jason's sulking in his room, feeling miserable, when his black cat, Gareth, speaks. It doesn't surprise Jason too much that Gareth can talk. What does surprise him is what Gareth says: while he doesn't have nine lives, he can visit nine different lives in any place and time. As it happens, Gareth can take Jason with him. If Jason and Gareth are separated, Jason will not be able to travel home. Their first stop is ancient Egypt. In Egypt, Gareth is snatched. Can Jason find his way home again?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 4/30/2010
ISBN-10: 0805072705
ISBN-13: 9780805072709
Drew isn't happy to be away from his parents for the summer at his great-aunt's spooky house. Strange things are happening, like when he smells food that isn't in the house and sees faint images of women crying next to his bedroom door. Then one night, a boy who looks just like him emerges from the attic. It turns out that the boy comes from the past, where he is dying. The only way he can survive is if Drew agrees to switch places with him. Drew agrees, and suddenly he is living eighty years in the past, pretending to be someone he's not. Will Drew ever find his way back home?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 1/28/2010
ISBN-10: 0395665566
ISBN-13: 9780395665565
Time Garden
Edward Eager (1999), 208 pages
Illustrated by N. M. Bodecker
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
The book is about four children who go back in time and do things in history with a magic toad. This is the sequel to The Knight's Castle.
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 10/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0152020756
ISBN-13: 9780152020750
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