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Nov 08, 2016 | ISBN 9780399549977 | Young Adult Buy
Nov 08, 2016 | ISBN 9780399549991 | Young Adult Buy
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Nov 08, 2016 | ISBN 9780399549977 | Young Adult
Nov 08, 2016 | ISBN 9780399549991 | Young Adult
In this fast-paced young adult mystery, Printz Honor winner Sally Gardner brings London to life as she explores crime, poverty, and ignorance over the span of almost two centuries, as a young man is given the opportunity to go back in time in order to make sense of the present. A fresh start is what he needs. Will he find it in the past or the present? AJ Flynn has just failed all but one of his major exams, and at almost seventeen years old, he sees a future that’s far from rosy. So when he’s offered a junior clerk position at a London law firm, he hopes his life is about to change—and it does, but he could never have imagined how much.While on the job, AJ finds an old key labeled with his birth date, and he’s determined to find the door it will open. When he does just that, AJ and his group of scrappy friends begin a series of amazing journeys to the past—1830, to be exact. And they quickly realize that hardship, treachery, and love haven’t changed too much in almost two hundred years.When they discover a crime that only they can solve, the boys go from wayward youths to intrepid young men with a purpose in life. But with enemies all around, can they unravel the mysteries of the past before the past unravels them?
Sally Gardner grew up and still lives in London. Being dyslexic, she did not learn to read or write until she was 14 and had been thrown out of several schools, labeled unteachable, and sent to a school for maladjusted… More about Sally Gardner
“Skillfully blending time travel, intrigue, and social commentary, Gardner (Maggot Moon) delivers a thought-provoking page-turner.”–Publishers Weekly“The characters feel universal, and many teens will . . . connect to their hopes and dreams.”–SLJ“A genre-blending novel with elements of contemporary realism, fantasy, historical fiction, murder mystery, and romance. An original time-travel novel.”–Booklist“Gardner’s prose, peppered with colorful metaphors and period language, moves the plot along quickly, sketching out a pungent, vivid world in both present and past.”–Horn Book Magazine“The . . . time-travel mystery has verve.”–Kirkus Reviews
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