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La Vie de Guinevere by Paula Lafferty
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the sudden death of her boyfriend, Vera would have been happy to spend the rest of her days curiously unnoticeable, washing bed sheets and cleaning toilets in present day Glastonbury... -
Double Cross by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreg Rich has traveled through time, become one of the legendary Musketeers, and—most recently— prevented the Spanish army from attacking Paris. He should feel invincible. Instead, he and his friends languish in prison, having stumbled into a trap set by Milady and the Prince of Condé.But Greg didn't come to the seventeenth century to sit in a jail cell and await execution...Categorized as:
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The Punishers: A Ripple In Time Book 3 by Victor Zugg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe saga continues in this final chapter of survival.Nearly three years have passed since Stephen Mason, former Federal Air Marshall, along with a plane load of passengers, was inexplicably hurled back through time. It's now 1723, Charles town, South Carolina Colony... -
Traitor's Chase by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreg Rich is beginning to get the hang of things in 1615 Paris. Having assumed the identity of a young D'Artagnan, Greg united the legendary three Musketeers and succeeded in freeing his parents from a dank prison cell. But he hasn't figured out how to get home. Or how to defeat the dangerous Michel Dinicoeur... -
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Yestertime by Andrew Cunningham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I'm going to die a hundred years before I was born..."The handwritten note was in a dusty trunk that sat in a cave untouched for 150 years. What did the words mean? When journalist Ray Burton finds the trunk near the Arizona ghost town of Hollow Rock, his life changes in an instant.Something in the trunk shouldn’t be there.This begins a dangerous journey of discovery bordering on the impossible... -
Rush Revere and the First Patriots by Rush Limbaugh
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSubstitute middle-school history teacher Rush Revere takes his students back in time to eighteenth-century Boston to experience the start of the American Revolution as it happens...Categorized as:
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Rush Revere and the American Revolution: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans by Rush Limbaugh
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new book from the #1 New York Times and nationally syndicated radio talk show host...Categorized as:
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Killing Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night...Two members of Team 236 are trapped on board. Not ideal under any circumstances but catastrophic when they're at each other's throats...Categorized as:
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Love Beyond Boundaries (A Scottish Time Travel Romance): Book 12 by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the love we need the most is that which we give to ourselves. With a thriving physical therapy practice, it’s easy for Allanah to lose herself in her work. But when the sudden death of her best friend sends her reeling, she is forced to rethink her priorities...Categorized as:
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Echo McCool, Outlaw Through Time by Roger K. Driscoll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEcho McCool is a magical, medieval girl with attitude. Don't get on the wrong end of her jump kicks, flick-flaks and open-palm strikes. In her own time, Echo escapes death from a poisoned arrow and hides inside a hollow oak tree. She lies dormant for hundreds of years but in the present day she is awakened by Jason Fleeting, a twelve-year-old runaway from a children's home...Categorized as:
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The Rewind Files by Claire Willett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a bookish junior agent at the U.S. Time Travel Bureau stumbles across a massive conspiracy with roots in 1972’s Watergate, she is forced into her first- ever field assignment - to expose the conspirators and avert World War III.----------------------------------Washington, D.C. 2112United States Time Travel BureauRegina Bellows, junior agent at the U.S...Categorized as:
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Time Stranger: Time Travel Romance by Elyse Douglas
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a Bomb Strikes Single Mom Anne Billings and her young son in 1944 London, Anne is blown through time over half a century into the future. With the help of handsome Dr. Jon Miles, Anne desperately attempts to piece together her identity and return home...Categorized as:
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Glitch by Laura Martin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the critically acclaimed author of Float comes a new whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and John David Anderson.Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become Glitchers—people who travel through time to preserve important historical events... -
Rush Revere and the presidency by Rush Limbaugh, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoin Rush Revere on another action-packed journey! Rush and his friends head back in time to the early days of our independent nation to watch the early American presidents George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson in action!Hey there, young readers! Rush Revere here... -
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Rush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner by Rush Limbaugh, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner is the fourth book in the Adventures of Rush Revere Series, and is the most exciting yet! Substitute teacher Rush Revere is back with his trusty sidekick Liberty and the students of Manchester Middle School. This time, Tommy takes center stage. His grandfather is ill, and Rush Revere hopes a field trip to Washington D.C., will distract and inspire Tommy... -
Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force by Ryder Windham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE ABSOLUTE POWER AT THE HEART OF THE STAR WARS GALAXY The Force, in the immortal words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, “surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together...Categorized as:
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The Missing Collection by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Found; Sent; Sabotaged; Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was a big deal. Then he and a neighbor, Chip, who finds out he's also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters, saying things such as: "You are one of the missing," and, "Beware! They're coming back to get you...Categorized as:
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Risked by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJonah thought that after his last adventure in 1903, he and his sister Katherine would have a break from time travel for a while. For the first time, he’s willing to look into his own identity in the past, and he thinks this is his chance... -
Caught by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJonah and Katherine come face to face with Albert Einstein in the fifth book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series.Jonah and Katherine are accustomed to traveling through time, but when learn they next have to return Albert Einstein’s daughter to history, they think it’s a joke—they’ve only heard of his sons... -
The Nonborn King by Julian May
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn Earth, six million B.C., two species of alien ruled, the graceful humanoid Tanu and their twisted brethren, the Firvulag. Then men from twenty-second century Earth arrived through a one-way time tunnel — and soon the aliens were locked in a battle to the death, for the humans had upset the precarious balance of power that existed between them...Categorized as:
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The Doll by Cora Taylor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhile Meg is recovering from rheumatic fever her grandmother gives her the old-fashioned family doll named Jessie, and when Meg falls asleep holding Jessie, she wakes up to discover that she has gone back in time and is now Morag, a girl traveling the Canadian prairies by covered wagon...Categorized as:
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Time Shift: A Historical Novel Of Survival by Victor Zugg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA time travel historical adventure.Jackson Lee is a well-known adventure vlog influencer. He and a small support crew have been cashing in on the video craze with phenomenal, hair-raising exploits for years.Their latest undertaking is way beyond anything they’ve ever done. It’s extremely dangerous and, worse, highly illegal... -
Booth by Jason Pellegrini
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt dawn, on the day of his execution, Joseph Bateman finds himself reflecting on his life, one filled with poor decisions and evil people. Even his lifelong best friend played a pivotal role in earning Joseph his seat on death row...Categorized as:
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Carried Away by Kamery Solomon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Kamery Solomon, #1 bestselling genre author and creator of the international bestseller SWEPT AWAY, comes CARRIED AWAY (The Swept Away Saga, Book Two), a continuation of the time travel, pirate adventure that stole your heart!Ever since his friend, Samantha, drowned in the Treasure Pit, he’s been running from her ghost...Categorized as:
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Escape to the Hiding Place by Marianne Hering
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPatrick and Beth arrive in World War II Holland in the farm country. They must smuggle a baby (by bicycle) into the capable hands of Corrie ten Boom at her home in Haarlem. Along the way they hide from Nazi soliders, meet a Russian surgeon forced into service by the Germans, and encourage two Jewish children who haven't been outside in over three years...Categorized as:
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Long Road to Freedom by Kate Messner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRanger is a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training. In this adventure, he goes to a Maryland plantation during the days of American slavery, where he meets a young girl named Sarah. When she learns that the owner has plans to sell her little brother, Jesse, to a plantation in the Deep South, it means they could be separated forever... -
Ted & Me by Dan Gutman, Johnny Heller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Stosh travels back in time to 1941 in hopes of preventing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, he meets Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Includes notes about Williams' life and career...Categorized as:
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Back to the Future, Part 2 by Craig Shaw Gardner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere was a time when Marty McFly was never in time for classes and never in time for dinner. Then one day, he wasn't in his time at all. Thanks to Doc Brown and his impossibly fast DeLorean, Marty returned to the past, changed his future (or present, depending on how you look at it), and then he.. -
A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Patricia's mother sends her to her cousins' cottage for the summer, Patricia doesn't want to go. She doesn't know her cousins at all, and she's never been good at camping or canoeing, let alone making new friends. When she arrives at the cottage, her worst fears come true: her cousin Kelly teases her; Aunt Ginnie and Uncle Doug feel sorry for her. She doesn't fit in...Categorized as:
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The Golden Torc by Julian May
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBy A.D. 2110 nearly 100,000 humans had fled the civilized strictures of the Galactic Milieu for the freedom they thought existed at the end of the one-way time tunnel to Earth, six million B.C.But all of them had fallen into the hands of the Tanu, a humanoid race who'd fled their own galaxy to avoid punishment for their barbarous ways... -
Jacks Are Wild by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the world of the popular Out of Time series comes the first book in the time travel adventure series, Saving Time, starring Jack Wells!Former OSS officer Jack Wells’s first solo assignment for the Council for Temporal Studies sounds deceptively simple—stop a murder before it happens...Categorized as:
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Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover the true meaning of being brave in this tender and whimsical picture book from Daniel Bernstrom (One Day in the Eucalytus, Eucalyptus Tree) and Shane Evans (Chocolate Me!) that follows a grandfather and grandson who travel through time in a beloved 1952 Ford.A little boy who lives with his grandpa isn’t reprimanded for being afraid to go to school one day... -
The Boy from Tomorrow by Camille DeAngelis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover the middle-grade debut Kirkus Reviews calls “spellbinding” by an award-winning author Booklist says “has crafted a definite winner.” Josie and Alec both live at 444 Sparrow Street. They sleep in the same room, but they’ve never laid eyes on each other. They are twelve years old and a hundred years apart...Categorized as:
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Forever Knight by Cynthia Luhrs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe prick of a dagger sent her hurtling through time... Elizabeth Smith was good at taking charge. Fixing what she believed was wrong with the world. And then she met a lazy knight with no desire to better himself. A wager lost... Robert Thornton, Lord Highworth, was content to spend his days drinking, wenching, and hunting. He cared not what happened in the world around him... -
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Mirror of Danger by Pamela Sykes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOriginally published in Britain as Come Back, Lucy.The mirror looked ordinary. It had a heavy gold frame and leaned against the wall in the attic. But when Lucy first looked into the mirror, a strange thing happened. Another girl's face appeared beside hers, laughing. Whirling around in surprise and alarm, Lucy saw a girl wearing a long dress, a pinafore...and a sly triumphant look on her face...Categorized as:
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The Titanic Mission by Dan Gutman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe eccentric billionaire Miss Zandergoth is very disappointed with the Flashback Four. Luke, Isabel, David, and Julia did not come back from their first time-traveling adventure with a photograph of Abe Lincoln delivering the famous Gettysburg Address for Miss Z’s rare-photograph collection...Categorized as:
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Camp Time in California by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie--this time to the Yosemite National Park!The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the Yosemite National Park in 1903...Categorized as:
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Revenge of the Red Knight by Marianne Hering, Paul McCusker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this Imagination Station adventure, Patrick and Beth find themselves as guests in a beautiful castle in 15th-century England. Through a series of events, the steward of Lord Darkthorn's castle finds the cousins with three artifacts collected in their previous adventures: the stone, the cup, and the golden tablet. They are accused of being thieves and locked in jail... -
Danger in Ancient Rome by Kate Messner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRanger, the time-traveling golden retriever, is back for the second book in Kate Messner's new chapter book series. This time, he's off to save the day in ancient Rome!Ranger is a golden retriever who has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog...Categorized as:
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Can I Get There By Candlelight? by Jean Slaughter Doty, Ted Lewin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Come on, Candy," says Gail, leading her horse, Candlight. "Let's go exploring."Gail's parents have just rented a carriage house, about all that's left of an old country estate. The big house was torn down long ago, and woods have sprung up where the lawns and gardens grew. Beyond the woods, fields stretch for miles—perfect for riding...Categorized as:
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Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's strange enough when Susan Shaw disappears without a trace on a wintry March afternoon. It's stranger still when her uninformative note is found in the hallway of her apartment building, along with a black cat that no one has seen before...Categorized as:
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The Change by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSEby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...S. M...Categorized as:
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Dissonance by Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis ECHO TRILOGY novella takes place between TIME ANOMALY and RICOCHET THROUGH TIME. **WARNING** This novella contains spoilers from the earlier novels in the Echo Trilogy. It’s recommended that you read ECHO IN TIME and TIME ANOMALY first, though it’s not required... -
The Ivory Rose by Belinda Murrell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA timeslip tale of mystery, murder, and trying to find the way homeGeorgie’s sad. She wants me to help her. Can’t you see her, Jemma? She’s right there.Jemma has just landed her first babysitting job, in one of the famous Witches’ Houses. Sammy says it’s haunted, but Jemma doesn’t know what to believe. One day Jemma discovers an ivory rose charm. As she touches it she sees a terrifying flashback...Categorized as:
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If I Never Get Back by Darryl Brock
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime travel meets baseball in this "grand adventure" about a modern-day reporter who witnesses the birth of America's favorite pastime (The Washington Times)Contemporary reporter Sam Fowler is stuck in a dull job and a failing marriage when he is suddenly transported back to the summer of 1869...Categorized as:
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Once Was a Time by Leila Sales
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the war-ravaged England of 1940, Charlotte Bromley is sure of only one thing: Kitty McLaughlin is her best friend in the whole world. But when Charlotte's scientist father makes an astonishing discovery that the Germans will covet for themselves, Charlotte is faced with an impossible choice between danger and safety...Categorized as:
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Redeemed by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJonah’s new twin must time travel and face off against his siblings’ worst enemy in order to save the future—and his family—in the eighth and final book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “plenty of fun and great for history teachers as well...Categorized as:
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Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeet Ranger! He's a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble . . . and always saves the day!Ranger has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog, but can't officially pass the test because he's always getting distracted by squirrels during exercises...Categorized as:
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Behind Enemy Lines by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFix the past. Save the future.Dak, Sera, and Riq involve themselves in one of the most bizarre spy missions in history . . . and the outcome of World War II hangs in the balance...Categorized as:
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A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhile visiting Thackers Manor in 1934, dreamy Penelope becomes involved in a 16th century plot to rescue Mary, Queen of Scots. A beloved time travel story that has endured for generations...Categorized as:
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