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The Ancient One

by T.A. Barron · 1992

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LOST CRATER IS LIKE NO OTHER PLACE ON THE PLANET...

When Kate travels to Oregon for a quiet week at Aunt Melanie's cottage, her plans are dashed by the discovery of a grove of giant redwood trees in nearby Lost Crater. Caught up in the struggle to help protect the redwood forest from loggers, Kate is thrown back in time five hundred years and finds herself facing the evil creature Gashra, who is bent on destroying the very same forest. In this extraordinary quest, a girl discovers that all living things are connected in ways she never expected, and that true friendship can reach across cultures, and even across centuries.

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"Barron fuses concerns over the natural world with fantasy lit."

-The Huffington Post, "The 9 Best Trees in Literature"

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thistime traveltime travelMore like thisLess of thisalternate historyalternate historyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisenvironmentenvironmentMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisOregonOregonMore like thisLess of this
Mood
nostalgianostalgiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
medium · 304 pages

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