David Potter (11) (1955–)

Want a fun way to teach some history? This is the book you must read. Imagine three kids traveling back in time through a phone app. That is what happens to Mel, Brandon and Bev. There is a first book to this series. I will need to read it and add it to my shelves. Don’t let me misguide you with my first statement. This is one of those fun books with just enough history to make kids the inquirers we want them to be. An added bonus is the author notes at the end of the book that five you so show more much more information. I know my middle school students will love this one because it has history and technology. What a great mix. These three children are left behind at their boarding school and use the app one of their professors invented to escape back in time. They must stop history from being changed. This is such a fun premise. Yes I am a lover of time travel books and a lover of history. What could be better? The only thing that could be better would be reading the first book, and then the next book in this series.
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Three modern-day student left behind at boarding school during Christmas break unexpectedly travel back in time to the Revolutionary War period during a field trip. They have adventures while trying to fix mistakes which have appeared in American history, instilling the help of two children from 1776 and meeting Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Alexander Hamilton in the process. Recommended for juvenile fiction readers who enjoy tales involving time travel and American history.

Three students, Mel, Bev, and Brandon, left behind at their prestigious school during Christmas break, find themselves in 1776 New Jersey with General George Washington dead at their feet, and twelve-year-old Mel must find a way, using his iPhone, to set things right.