en-US Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:12:48 -0800 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 211864539 Can a mysterious power help a thirteen-year-old boy solve the disappearance that has fractured his family?

Seventh grader Charlie Winter has never stopped believing he can find his missing mom, even when his dad has given up hope. Three years after she vanished on Charlie’s birthday, his mom’s disappearance remains a mystery no one wants to talk about. No one, that is, except Charlie’s grandmother. Then, during a strange snowstorm, his grandmother is injured and Charlie learns a she’s a time traveler. And so is he.

Soon Charlie embarks on a dangerous adventure with his three best friends, searching the past for a magical silver amulet he believes is the key to finding his mom. As they cross continents and centuries, rescuing animal companions along the way, Charlie and his friends discover they aren’t alone. Malcolm Mordrex, a vengeful time traveler seeking the same amulet for darker purposes, is chasing them.

With harrowing obstacles at every turn and his friends thrust into a terrible trap, Charlie must find a way to defeat Malcolm and face a choice about his own past—a choice that could mean life or death. And time is ticking down . . .]]> 304 Faith Conlon 1959411810 Gail 5 4.12
author: Faith Conlon
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Timelight had all the right ingredients to captivate and hold me from beginning to end—an imaginative story, wonderful characters, adorable animal rescues, and a plot that kept me turning the page. There’s a boy named Charlie whose mother mysteriously vanished three years ago. There’s a powerful grandmother, who lets Charlie know a secret—she’s a time traveler and so is he. And Charlie is so endearing in his relatability, but he also becomes courageous and lion-hearted as he fumbles through his newly discovered time travel powers on his quest to find his missing mom. He has vibrant friendships with three distinct characters who all play fun and surprising roles in this time travel tale. Escapades, suspense and animal rescues abound. Timelight also offers enlightening insights into history while still being highly entertaining. I laughed out loud and cried in many places. This one really impressed me. I have since passed it on to my daughter who adored the story and has passed it on to children in the neighborhood.
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1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified.

When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking choice and escapes to Spain, leaving her baby in the care of his nursemaid. By the time Claudette is able to return years later, her son has disappeared. Unbeknown to his anguished mother, the boy has been rescued by a Youth Aliyah agent searching for Jewish orphans.

1968: When Israeli naval officer Daniel Yarden recruits Sharon Bloomenthal for a secret naval operation in Cherbourg, France, he can’t imagine that he is the target of the agenda of the twenty-year-old grieving the recent loss of her fiancé in a drowned submarine. Sharon suspects that Danny's past in Youth Aliyah may reflect that of her mysterious late mother and she sets out to track her boss’s extraordinary journey as an orphan in a quaint French village all the way to Israel.

As Danny focuses on the future of his people and on executing a daring, crucial operation under France’s radar, he is unaware that the obsessed Sharon follows the breadcrumbs of clues across the country to find her answers. But she is wholly unprepared for the dilemma she must face upon solving the puzzle.]]> 432 Talia Carner 0063325772 Gail 0 currently-reading 4.08 2024
author: Talia Carner
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