Once Was a Time

By SALES, Leila

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ISBN
9781452140094
Publisher
Chronicle


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on March 1, 2016  |  Middle Grade

Gr 4–6—"Most people don't believe in time travel," begins this work of fantasy/sci-fi set in 1940s wartime London. Ten-year-old Lottie and her best friend, the anagram-obsessed Kitty, certainly do. Lottie's dad is engaged in top-secret scientific research that may help win the war. Sales's story takes an abrupt detour as Lottie travels to suburban Wisconsin in the year 2013, without any clothes, without any clues, and, worst of all, without Kitty. With the help...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on April 1, 2016

In World War II England, Lottie and Kitty are best friends. But when they are kidnapped by (putative) Nazis who threaten to shoot them if Lottie's scientist father doesn't give up the secrets of time travel, Lottie sees a chance to escape through a fortuitously occurring time portal and takes it-leaving Kitty behind. Randomly arriving in 2013 Sutton, Wisconsin, Lottie soon settles in with a new foster family, but her guilt drives her to the library in search of ans...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on April 1, 2016

In World War II England, best friends Lottie and Kitty are kidnapped to force Lottie's scientist father to reveal the secrets of time...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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