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Can I read A Traveller in Time on EtoBox?

A Traveller in Time by Uttley, Alison; Bray, Phyllis is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Traveller in Time about?

The “superb” time travel adventure of one lonely young girl, a remarkable family, and an impossible task, set between modern and Elizabethan England ( The Washington Post ) "A beautiful book . . . a form of enchanting ghost story, with the ghosts drawn in with the grace of a painter on a fan." — The Observer Penelope Taberner Cameron is a solitary and a sickly child, a reader and a dreamer. Her mother, indeed, is of the opinion that the girl has grown all too attached to the products of her imagination and decides to send her away from London for a restorative dose of fresh country air. But staying at Thackers, in remote Derbyshire, Penelope is soon caught up in a new mystery, as she finds herself transported at unforeseeable intervals back and forth from modern to Elizabethan times. There she becomes part of a remarkable family that is, Penelope realizes, in terrible danger as they plot to free Mary, Queen of Scots, from the prison in which Queen Elizabeth has confined her. Penelope knows the tragic end that awaits the Scottish queen, but she can neither change the course of events nor persuade her new family of the hopelessness of their cause, which love, loyalty, and justice all

Who reads A Traveller in Time?

It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.

Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.

Author
Uttley, Alison; Bray, Phyllis
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9781590175132
Category
children's
Subjects
Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Travel
Rating
4.11 / 5 (34 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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