A Tale of Time City
Apr 2012 · Sold by Penguin
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A young girl finds herself spirited away to a hidden city beyond time that holds the fate of history in its hands—with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin.
“High-spirited time travel fantasy that is sure to delight its readers . . . Absolutely first-rate entertainment.”—School Library Journal, starred review
“Diana Wynne Jones turns all she touches to magic, which is a lot better than gold.”—Megan Whalen Turner
London, 1939. Vivian Smith thinks she is being evacuated to the countryside because of the war. But she is being kidnapped—out of her own time. Her kidnappers are Jonathan and Sam, two boys her own age, who traveled to London from a place called Time City. Built eons ago on a patch of space outside time, Time City was designed especially to oversee history. But now history is going critical, and Jonathan and Sam are convinced that Time City’s impending doom can only be averted by a twentieth-century girl named Vivian Smith. Too bad they have the wrong girl. . .
“High-spirited time travel fantasy that is sure to delight its readers . . . Absolutely first-rate entertainment.”—School Library Journal, starred review
“Diana Wynne Jones turns all she touches to magic, which is a lot better than gold.”—Megan Whalen Turner
London, 1939. Vivian Smith thinks she is being evacuated to the countryside because of the war. But she is being kidnapped—out of her own time. Her kidnappers are Jonathan and Sam, two boys her own age, who traveled to London from a place called Time City. Built eons ago on a patch of space outside time, Time City was designed especially to oversee history. But now history is going critical, and Jonathan and Sam are convinced that Time City’s impending doom can only be averted by a twentieth-century girl named Vivian Smith. Too bad they have the wrong girl. . .
A young girl finds herself spirited away to a hidden city beyond time that holds the fate of history in its hands—with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin.
“High-spirited time travel fantasy that is sure to delight its readers . . . Absolutely first-rate entertainment.”—School Library Journal, ...
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I read it thrice.It's the best book ever.
About the author
Diana Wynne Jones was the multiple award-winning author of many fantasy novels for children, teenagers, and adults. Her book Howl's Moving Castle was made into an Academy Award-nominated major animated feature by Hayao Miyazaki. She received the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Married to the medievalist J. A. Burrow, with whom she had three sons, she lived for many years in Bristol, the setting for many of her books. Diana Wynne Jones passed away in March 2011, after a long illness.
Ursula K. Le Guin is the revered author of Tales from Earthsea.
Ursula K. Le Guin is the revered author of Tales from Earthsea.
Diana Wynne Jones was the multiple award-winning author of many fantasy novels for children, teenagers, and adults. Her book Howl's Moving Castle was made into an Academy Award-nominated major animated feature by Hayao Miyazaki. She received the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. M...
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