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Synopsis

One of Canada’s top scientists has found the secret to time travel. But something has gone horribly wrong. . . .

On the first day of school, in a new city, Sarah Sachs experiences the shock of her life when she sees a car drive right through a strange boy. Did she really see it, or was it a figment of her imagination? She becomes swept up in Matt Barnes’s life as she helps him search for his father, a famous scientist who’s been missing since Matt’s birth. Their quest will lead them to uncover a powerful new technology and expose the frightening secret behind Dr. Barnes’s disappearance. It will throw them far from the modern city of Ottawa into the forest-matted land of the 1600’s, and deposit them right in the middle of a war between the Iroquois and the Algonquin nations. In the midst of this strange New World, it will take all their courage just to survive. Will the answer they seek be found in time?

About The Author

Deborah Jackson lives in Ottawa, Ontario—the capital city of Canada. After obtaining a degree in science from the University of Ottawa in 1986, she worked for many years as a dialysis technician before she began writing full time. Fascinated by ancient mysteries and scientific phenomena, Deborah tends to weave these into her stories. Time Meddlers is the first in a series of time travel novels for children, age nine and upward, that explores history in an exciting, adventurous way. Deborah is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Ice Tomb, an adult mystery/thriller. She’s a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and SF Canada.

Reviews:

"Better stock up on batteries for your flashlights, kids. This book will keep you reading way past your bedtime. I know, because it hapened to me."

─J. FitzGerald McCurdy (author of the bestselling Serpent's Egg Trilogy and The Mole Wars)

"Mysterious, suspenseful, great, I loved it!"

"Excitement, suspense, imaginative, orginal, drama, real life and history, all tied into one book, loved it."

─Emilee H. age 12

"The Time Meddlers by Deborah Jackson is a book that is jam-packed with action and suspense. In this story every moment is crucial. There is so much reality that the time travel in this book seems possible. Deborah Jackson knows exactly what children would do in the situation in which she puts them in. In short, this was a great book."