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Black Dove, White Raven Elizabeth Wein · 2015 Don’t miss Elizabeth Wein’s stunning new novel, Stateless Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes-in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his… Shares: Adoption, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Haunting Joan Lowery Nixon · 1998 · ★ 3.6 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Fifteen-year-old Lia comes from a long line of courageous women, dating back to a Civil War survivor who single-handedly saved her Louisiana plantation house, Graymoss, from destruction. But Graymoss is haunted by a terrible evil.With clues from a diary and Favorite Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Lia, who doesn't feel as if she's inherited any family genes of courage, must figure out what--or who--the… Shares: Adoption, Children's fiction

Double Star Robert A. Heinlein · 1956 · ★ 3.9 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the… Shares: Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Timeriders Alex Scarrow · 2010 · ★ 3.8 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Littérature jeunesse: roman de science-fiction Liam O'Connor aurait dû mourir en mer en 1912. Maddy Carter aurait dû mourir en avion en 2010. Sal Vikram aurait dû mourir dans un incendie en 2026. Mais à la dernière seconde, sauvés par un homme mystérieux, ils ont échappé à leur destin. Désormais, les trois adolescents vivent en marge de l'Histoire, au service d'une agence dont nul ne connaît… Shares: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Rex (Time Soldiers) Kathleen Duey · 2000 · ★ 5.0 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Swirling trees reveal a tunnel to prehistoric times to six best friends, putting them in a land with dinosaurs Shares: Time Travel, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Edge of the Knife H. Beam Piper · 2006 · 47p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Ed Chalmers, history professor, had a real problem in his classes: he kept blurting out events that hadn't happened yet. Of course that made him the butt of jokes and ridicule, and the Dean wanted him out despite his tenure. But Ed had other ideas ... especially when his predictions started coming true! Shares: Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's fiction

D-Day Kate Messner · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Three kids get caught up in an adventure of historic proportions!Anna, José, and Henry are complete strangers with more in common than they realize. Snowed in together at a chaotic Washington D.C. airport, they encounter a mysterious tattooed man, a flamboyant politician, and a rambunctious poodle named for an ancient king. Even stranger, news stations everywhere have announced that the famous… Shares: Time Travel, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Mystery of the Strange Messages Enid Blyton · 1969 · ★ 4.2 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mr. Goon, the policeman, can't understand it. Messages keep coming to him, popping up all over the place. But who is sending them? He thinks it is Fatty, playing tricks on him but this is the first the Five Find-Outers have heard about the messages. It all becomes a remarkable mystery, and one which the Five just have to solve. Shares: Adventure, Children's fiction

The Cave of Time Edward Packard · 1979 · ★ 3.7 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The reader enters a mysterious cave and by following the instructions on each page can have several different adventures backward and forward in time. Shares: Time Travel, Adventure, Children's fiction

The box of delights, or When the wolves were running John Masefield · 1935 · ★ 3.9 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Kay finds himself involved in a fantastic adventure when he becomes guardian of the mysterious Box of Delights. Shares: Time Travel, Adventure, Children's fiction

It's All Greek to Me (Time Warp Trio, 8) Jon Scieszka · 1999 · ★ 3.5 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play. Shares: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Johnny and the Bomb Terry Pratchett · 1996 · ★ 3.9 · 245p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell acquires the neighborhood homeless woman's shopping cart when she is injured and discovers that its contents have the ability to send him back in time from 1996 to 1941 England. Shares: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's fiction

A Walk in Wolf Wood Mary Stewart · 1980 · ★ 3.8 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Moderate When a weeping man in a strange costume passes their picnic spot and disappears into the nearby woods, a brother and sister decide to follow him and soon find themselves involved in the rescue of a werewolf in the 14th century. Shares: Time Travel, Children's fiction

Choose Your Own Adventure - Beyond Escape! R. A. Montgomery · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Moderate In the year 2041 you, the reader, are Chief of Operations for a peaceful country. Your two best agents are missing and an enemy spy has stolen your topsecret files. You decide what to do next. Shares: Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's fiction

Calling the Shots Annie Dalton · 2002 · ★ 4.2 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Calling the Shots is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Janis Cole and Holly Dale and released in 1988.Christopher Hume, "Women zoom in on movie-making". Toronto Star, September 10, 1988. The film analyzes the changing role of women in the film industry, through the reflections of various female performers and filmmakers.Jay Scott, "Calling the Shots/Comic Book Confidential: A documentary… Shares: Time Travel, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Reluctant Assassin Eoin Colfer · 2013 · ★ 3.7 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first killing. Riley is saved from having to commit the… Shares: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's fiction

Armageddon James Patterson · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Daniel faces dastardly Number Two, who has slowly been amassing an underground army of aliens to help him enslave Earth's population in preparation for the arrival of Number One, the most powerful alien in the universe and Daniel's arch-nemesis. Shares: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

See You Later, Gladiator Jon Scieszka · 2000 · ★ 4.1 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. Shares: Time Travel, Children's fiction

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