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The Time Garden

by Edward Eager · 1958

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"Anything can happen when you have all the time in the world" says the frog-like Natterjack in old relative Mrs Whiton's thyme garden. Cousins Roger, Ann, Eliza and girl-crazy Jack ride for American rebels, bow to Queen Elizabeth I, and even rescue their own parents when theywere children.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thistime traveltime travelMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 224 pages

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