Window of Time: A Story (White Main Kids) [Paperback]

Karen Weinberg (Author), Karen Weinburg (Author), Annelle W. Ratcliffe (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up | Series: White Main Kids

Ben really did not run away from home. He was still in the neighborhood, only it was 125 years earlier in time and the Battle of Gettysburg was about to begin! Ben learned that what he was seeing was not a television play, but his town at its most historic moment.
Fortunately, a local boy, Joseph, found Ben and made him his friend. Soon Ben learned that he was in the Civil War.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 5-7-- An excellent historical/time travel novel that moves along at a good pace. As he is cleaning the basement in his new home, Ben Leeds climbs through a window and is transported back in time 125 years. While being chased by a cranky old man and his dog, he meets Joseph Harner, and an instant friendship is formed, especially after Ben realizes that he is smack dab in the middle of preparations for the Battle of Gettysburg. Weinberg integrates factual accounts with a folksy story that contains an accurate picture of everyday life during this period. Ben and Joseph are solid characters with believable qualities; others are also portrayed realistically. There are no inconsistencies with the time and place depicted. This is a nice complement to Alphin's Ghost Cadet (Holt, 1990). The charcoal drawings are adequate, if uninspired. The first chapter could be used as a read-aloud for curriculum enhancement. A fine effort for a first-time author. --Molly Kinney, Miami Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942597184
• ISBN-13: 978-0942597189
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,026,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Time Windows, September 5, 2000

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This review is from: Window of Time: A Story (White Main Kids) (Paperback)

As Miranda peered through the old-fashioned dollhouse's windows, a little girl with blonde hair appeared. She was bouncing a red-and-blue ball and trying to hit it with a wooden paddle. Her striped blue dress and puffed sleeves depicted the fashion of the nineteenth century. Miranda was shocked to see this in the dollhouse. She realized that the dollhouse was not the usual dollhouse but a portkey to the past. When Miranda moved to her new house, she tried to solve a problem that happened to a previous owner of the house. Her only connecion to the past was the dollhouse.

I recommend this book because the suspense and mystery makes this novel thrilling. This novel will attract anyone who enjoys a good mystery.