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From: Cammie Backus <CBackus>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:31:23 -0500
One I've been meaning to add to the list is "In the Keep of Time" by Margaret Anderson. It's a terrific story based around Smailholm Tower, an old tower (keep) in Scotland. Four children go to stay with an older relative/acquaintance and discover that entering the tower and using a key can bring them backward and forwards in time. However, the youngest child gets trapped in the past and somehow becomes a child of that time; her older siblings have to kidnap her and reacclimate her to modern life. There are two other books in the series which I haven't read--"In the Circle of Time" and "In the Mists of Time".
I think the original email requested books for middle grades, so this suggestion may be a bit young, but Edward Eager's "The Time Garden" is also great. Children staying with an elderly relative (common theme, huh?) discover that with the help of the thyme in the herb garden and a creature called the Natterjack, they can go back in time. They meet the main characters of "Little Women", as well as their own parents when they were children (overlap with another Eager classic, "Magic by the Lake"). I believe almost all of Eager's books have been reissued with new illustrations by N.M. Bodecker, so this title shouldn't be hard to find.
Cammie
Message----From: sari miller [mailto:smiller50 at earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:04 AM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [ccbc-net] Time Travel List
For Judith and others who might want a list of titles mentioned, here is my list as I have it. I apologize for any omissions or errors.
Who is Frances Rain? M. Buffie Root Cellar J. Lunn Handful of Time K. Pearson Trades A. Norton Mists of Time C. Oliver Danger Quotient Annabel Johnson The Grave J. Heneghan House on Hound Hill M. Prince Danger Boy M.L. Williams Sterkarm Handshake S. Price Another Shore N. Bond It Happened at a Hanging Golden Hour Traveler in Time A. Uttley Justice cycle V. Hamilton Time Explorers Hildick Tale of Time City D. W. Jones Tom's Midnight Garden P. Pearce Nick of Time A. Lindbergh Fog Magic J. Sauer Reluctant God P. Service Robinsheugh E. Dunlop Swiftly Tilting Planet M. L'Engle Charlotte Sometimes P. Farmer Emma in Winter P. Farmer The Cure S. Leviton It's About Time Storm Without Rain J. Adkins The Mirror M. Millhiser Stravaganza Books M. Hoffman Warriors of Alavna Earthfasts W. Mayne Jeremy Visick D. Wiseman A Girl Called Boy B. Hurmence A Chance Child J. P. Walsh Time Machine H.G. Wells Visitors J.R. Townsend Devil's Arithmetic J. Yolen Playing Beatie Bow R. Park Court of the Stone Children E. Cameron Time Windows K. Reiss Switching Well P. Griffin Mirror of Danger (Come Back Lucy)
I apologize also for not knowing how to send the rather lengthy list as an attachment rather than as part of an e-mail.
Sally Derby sallyderby.com
Received on Wed 07 Jan 2004 10:31:23 AM CST
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:31:23 -0500
One I've been meaning to add to the list is "In the Keep of Time" by Margaret Anderson. It's a terrific story based around Smailholm Tower, an old tower (keep) in Scotland. Four children go to stay with an older relative/acquaintance and discover that entering the tower and using a key can bring them backward and forwards in time. However, the youngest child gets trapped in the past and somehow becomes a child of that time; her older siblings have to kidnap her and reacclimate her to modern life. There are two other books in the series which I haven't read--"In the Circle of Time" and "In the Mists of Time".
I think the original email requested books for middle grades, so this suggestion may be a bit young, but Edward Eager's "The Time Garden" is also great. Children staying with an elderly relative (common theme, huh?) discover that with the help of the thyme in the herb garden and a creature called the Natterjack, they can go back in time. They meet the main characters of "Little Women", as well as their own parents when they were children (overlap with another Eager classic, "Magic by the Lake"). I believe almost all of Eager's books have been reissued with new illustrations by N.M. Bodecker, so this title shouldn't be hard to find.
Cammie
Message----From: sari miller [mailto:smiller50 at earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:04 AM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [ccbc-net] Time Travel List
For Judith and others who might want a list of titles mentioned, here is my list as I have it. I apologize for any omissions or errors.
Who is Frances Rain? M. Buffie Root Cellar J. Lunn Handful of Time K. Pearson Trades A. Norton Mists of Time C. Oliver Danger Quotient Annabel Johnson The Grave J. Heneghan House on Hound Hill M. Prince Danger Boy M.L. Williams Sterkarm Handshake S. Price Another Shore N. Bond It Happened at a Hanging Golden Hour Traveler in Time A. Uttley Justice cycle V. Hamilton Time Explorers Hildick Tale of Time City D. W. Jones Tom's Midnight Garden P. Pearce Nick of Time A. Lindbergh Fog Magic J. Sauer Reluctant God P. Service Robinsheugh E. Dunlop Swiftly Tilting Planet M. L'Engle Charlotte Sometimes P. Farmer Emma in Winter P. Farmer The Cure S. Leviton It's About Time Storm Without Rain J. Adkins The Mirror M. Millhiser Stravaganza Books M. Hoffman Warriors of Alavna Earthfasts W. Mayne Jeremy Visick D. Wiseman A Girl Called Boy B. Hurmence A Chance Child J. P. Walsh Time Machine H.G. Wells Visitors J.R. Townsend Devil's Arithmetic J. Yolen Playing Beatie Bow R. Park Court of the Stone Children E. Cameron Time Windows K. Reiss Switching Well P. Griffin Mirror of Danger (Come Back Lucy)
I apologize also for not knowing how to send the rather lengthy list as an attachment rather than as part of an e-mail.
Sally Derby sallyderby.com
Received on Wed 07 Jan 2004 10:31:23 AM CST
