Content levels
Trigger warnings
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Hero archetypes
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Synopsis
When his parents go on an archaeological dig for the summer, Drew is sent into the care of his Aunt Blythe at the old family mansion. He finds the old house creepy, made creepier when he finds a bag of marbles with a warning note and an old, old, picture of a dead boy who looked exactly like him. Aunt Blythe, against Drew’s will, takes the bag of marbles, and that night he is visited by the ghost of the boy in the picture, also named Andrew.The two twins swap clothes, and they are whisked to each other’s times. Drew wants to go back to his time but Andrew, who was dying of a disease, insists that he should stay. Now, it is up to Drew to find a way back to his own time, before it is too late.
Is Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
This is a spooky but ultimately thoughtful time-travel ghost story involving a dying boy who switches places with his modern descendant. Themes of terminal illness and death are handled sensitively within a middle-grade mystery framework.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death of child, terminal illness, and deception.
Who'll love this
A creepy mystery about meeting your ghost twin from the past and having to figure out how to get back home before you're stuck forever.