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Both
Sides of Time
by Caroline B. Cooney
Date of Publication: 1995
ISBN: 0440219329
Number of Pages: 220 |
REQUIRED READING ABILITY:
Low
GENRES: Mystery
THEMES: Romance, Mystery, Appearance versus
Reality, Good versus Evil, Sacrifice and Redemption
SUMMARY:
While her boyfriend tinkers with a car engine, fifteen-year-old
Annie wanders through the nearby, soon-to-be-demolished Stratton Mansion,
longing for a more gracious and romantic way of life. Suddenly she falls
through 100 years and lands in 1895, just in time to witness a murder.
Annie meets Hiram “Strat” Stratton, who will inherit the family
fortune if he marries his cousin Harriet. Annie alters many lives when
she falls in love with Strat.
Annie realizes that the 1890's
are not her time and makes a transition back to the present. There she
confronts her unhappiness with her present boyfriend and deals with her
parents’ unhappy marital situation. As Annie searches through the
library's archives to find out what happened to Strat and his family,
she realizes she has to return to the past to help the maid who was wrongfully
accused of murder in her place.
Upon on her return to the past,
the real murderer is accused, but Strat incurs the wrath of his evil,
wealthy-industrialist father over Annie. As Strat tries to take Annie
away from the danger and turmoil, however, she falls back through time
again.
WHO
WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK? A kid who...
- likes time travel stories
and movies
- likes a teeny-bopper love
story mixed with time travel and mystery
- likes to compare popular
and practical things of the past with the present
- like to read about other
eras
- is fascinated by the way
of life in the 19th century
- is a hopeless romantic
- is dealing with parental
marital discord at home
WHAT ELSE?
This is the first of four books featuring Annie, Strat, and their
siblings. It’s a relatively easy read, but is a good length for
intermediates and is quite well written and popular. Annie’s choices
will provide for some simple discussions in lit circles.
RELATED LINK:
Author's
Biography and Interview
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