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A Traveler in Time

Alison Uttley (1940)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Political ViolenceCaptivity

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeSelf-DiscoveryMystery

Heroine archetypes

Time TravelerComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelHidden IdentityFish out of WaterCourt IntrigueHistorical FantasyPortal FantasyComing of Age

Themes

History and MemoryIdentityLoyaltyPolitical IntrigueTime and ChangeCourage

Synopsis

A wonderful history book about time travel between modern day England and the medieval period when a small girl finds herself privy to the goings on of the Babbington plot to rescue Mary Queen of Scots.

Is A Traveler in Time appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A gentle time-travel story set during the Tudor period with historical intrigue surrounding Mary Queen of Scots. Contains mild peril related to the Babington plot but no graphic violence or mature content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include captivity and political violence.

Who'll love this

A girl travels back in time to medieval England and becomes involved in a real historical plot to rescue Mary Queen of Scots.

Tags

Historical FictionTime TravelBritish HistoryTudor Period