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You Are Here summer book list #2 is Time Travel. Journey to the past or to the future, on this planet or off. Titles on this list will be on display, in the Young Adult area, throughout the summer. Have a comment or question? Have a suggestion for a travel book list? Tell me about it below in the comments area.
TAKE A TRIP IN TIME
As her self-centered behavior spirals out of control, 14-year-old Alice gets an unusual chance to fix her whole disastrous life when she is mysteriously spirited back in time.
Hank is transported from 19th century Connecticut back to 13th century England. Using knowledge of an impending eclipse, Hank
escapes a death sentence, secures a position at court, and introduces 19th century technology. A satire that pokes fun at romanticized notions of chivalry.
Working on a highly-classified espionage project, four English
teenagers go back in time to the Cold War in 1962 to prevent a global
outbreak of the bubonic plague in the twenty-first century.
Firestorm (first book in Caretaker Trilogy), by David Klass, 2006.
After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special
purpose, 18-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a
shape-shifting female fighter.
Time agents Gordon and Ross are on the hunt for alien
artifacts, on a world where most of the surface is water.
Traveling to the planet’s past, they find themselves caught in a struggle
between rival cultures waged with a mixture of technology and magic.
13-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of
others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a quest that brings new threats from those who would either
control his destiny or kill him.
A 17-year-old musician facing expulsion
from her prestigious Brooklyn private school travels to Paris to
complete a school assignment, and uncovers a diary written during the
French revolution by a young actress attempting to help the young, Louis Charles, the lost king of France.
In a future Australia, the 18-year-old daughter of a
famous newscaster and a sperm donor, teams up with a hermaphrodite from
the planet Choria in a time travel adventure that may significantly
change both of their lives.
During an earthquake in the year 2012 five teens are transported 75 years into the future, where the end of the world is
imminent, and are drawn together by a mysterious force.
While backpacking in the desert, 13-year-old Mark falls into
a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world,
where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television
game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a 12-year-old New York City girl
tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an
anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
Tells the joined stories of Cass, whose father remarried a woman
with an ill-tempered daughter; and Beatrice, who more than a
century earlier explores her own problems through a journal that
connects both girls.
The Space Between Trees is a murder mystery page turner, with a surprising realistic conclusion that is not neatly wrapped up, nor particularly happy. Adults as well as teens who like murder mysteries would like this book. My rating: 3 and a ½ stars.
