Even though October is almost over there has been more than one library kiddo who has recently said they wish they could travel back in time to restart their summer. While I like the idea, I’m afraid even library magic cannot make that happen. What I can do is direct you towards some time travel stories so you can live vicariously, at least!
The Retake by Jen Calonita
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Heartbroken when her former best friend ghosts her, Zoe makes unexpected discoveries while using a magical app on her phone to travel back in time to when she and her friend started drifting apart.
The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs
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A thrilling new series that reimagines The Three Musketeers of classic literature is a swashbuckling adventure--complete with time travel, sword fighting, intrigue and more sword fighting--that tells the real story of how four unlikely young friends unite to become the band of legend.
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles
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When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they’d expected.
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
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When a teenage boy appears out of nowhere in 1999, claiming he’s the world’s first time-traveler and has a book outlining the events of the next 20 years, 12-year-old Michael wants to get his hands on the book and must decide how far he’s willing to go to do so.
Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman
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When he is magically transported back to the seventh grade before he and his best friend had a falling out, science nerd Mason gets a chance to stop the chain of events that made his previous life implode.
A Split Second by Janae Marks
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Waking up the morning after her birthday to discover six months have passed, Elise is unable to recall the last half year and must find a way to recover her past and escape this nightmare.
Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time series) by Kate Messner
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Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog (except for the squirrels), but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail.
You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro
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While wishing for a do-over, middle schooler David Bravo accidentally summons a talking, shapeshifting, annoying dog, Fea, who claims a choice made in David’s past set him on the wrong timeline — and that she can take him back to fix it.
The Mona Lisa Key (Time Castaways series) by Liesl Shurtliff
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When Matt, Ruby, and Corey Hudson discover their subway train is actually a time-traveling eighteenth-century frigate captained by a mysterious pirate, they are thrown into a series of adventures that offer cryptic clues about their past and their future.
Time Snatchers by Richard Ungar
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Thirteen-year-old orphan Caleb is a "time snatcher" who travels through history stealing valuable artifacts from the past for the high-paying clients of his ruthless guardian.