Cover of The Case That Time Forgot

The Case That Time Forgot

The Sherlock Files seriesbook 3 of 4Next:The Missing Heir(2011) →

Xander's classmate Karim tells him about a famous amulet carved in the shape of Thoth, the Egyptian god of time. It was thought to be so powerful that it could turn back time one day every hundred years. And that day is in a week!

Read more

The amulet disappeared from a London museum years ago. Xena and Xander's celebrated ancestor Sherlock Holmes tried to find it, but had no luck. The twins are on the case—and so are mysterious foes who are trying to thwart and perhaps even harm them! Can Xander and Xena track down what Sherlock Holmes could not?

The Case That Time Forgotis a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 160 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Case That Time Forgot? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Case That Time Forgot. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Deadly Waters Shares mystery, childrens, middle grade
  2. The Ghostwriter Secret Shares mystery, childrens, middle grade
  3. Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland Shares mystery, childrens, young adult
  4. The Secret Cellar Shares mystery, childrens, middle grade

“People who read The Case That Time Forgot tend to reach for these next.”

  1. The Case of the Secret Valentine
  2. Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case
  3. Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction
  4. The Ferret's a Foot

“If you want more of the same (british mystery), start with these.”

  1. The Darlington Substitution
  2. The Brothers of Baker Street
  3. A Wreath for Rivera
  4. Death of a Peer

“If it was the mystery that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Voice in the Suitcase
  2. Warehouse Rumble
  3. The Secret of the Soldier's Gold
  4. The Skyfire Puzzle

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
  2. Soul Slam
  3. The Light Walker
  4. Amulet of Doom