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Deborah
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Deborah
Jackson is the author of a new series of SF adventure
novels that dovetail with the Ontario curriculum. Time
Meddlers, the first book in the series, takes place
in the National Capital Region, introducing children to
Ottawa by exploring both its contemporary setting and
its historical roots. In Time Meddlers Undercover,
her brave and comical characters infiltrate the World
War II spy organization SOE (Special Operations Executive),
and travel from a secret airbase in London into dangerous
Occupied Holland.
Deborah is also the author of the critically
acclaimed adult novel Ice Tomb. She teaches writing
at the Shenkman Arts Centre and offers school and library
workshops and presentations related to writing and researching
novels.
Website: http://www.deborahjackson.net
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Time
Meddlers
by Deborah Jackson
LBF
Books, 2006.
ISBN 0-9773-0828-6
210 pages
A top Canadian scientist has found the secret to time
travel. But something has gone horribly wrong.
On the first day of school in a new city, Sarah Sachs
experiences a shock when she sees a car drive through
a boy. Did she imagine it? She becomes swept up in Matt
Barnes's life as she helps him search for his father,
who's been missing since Matt's birth. Their quest leads
them to uncover a powerful new technology and expose
the frightening secret behind Dr. Barnes's disappearance.
It throws them far from modern Ottawa into the forest-matted
land of the 1600s, dropping them into a war between
the Iroquois and the Algonquin nations.
"Combining time travel technology, history and
mystery, Time Meddlers is an enthralling science
fiction story that transports readers from present-day
Ottawa back in time to the 1600s."
—Diana Mumford, Canadian Teacher Magazine
"Recommended. The characters are very real, and
the situations make the book quite a page turner. Can
time travel change history?”
“Includes a glossary of Native tribes and terms,
and a set of questions for reading groups."
—Children's Literature
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Time
Meddlers Undercover
by Deborah Jackson
LBF
Books, 2009
ISBN 9781897562437
135 pages
One of Canada’s top scientists has found the
secret to time travel. But something has gone horribly
wrong . . . again.
Dr. Barnes’s son, Matt, learns that his time-travelling
father is trapped in war-ravaged Holland. With his best
friend, Sarah Sachs, he travels to occupied Holland—in
that time-period a hornet’s nest of danger and
intrigue—to rescue his father. Everything runs
amuck when they have difficulty convincing others they’re
telling the truth. They encounter courageous pilots,
determined spies, gallant members of the Dutch resistance,
and ordinary heroes. Amazing circumstances even bring
Matt and Sarah face to face with legendary Anne Frank.
Can Matt and Sarah rescue the Allied spies and others
destined for terrible fates? Dare they interfere with
history . . . again?
Ultimately, Matt faces a choice that could mean a sacrifice
greater than he ever dreamed. Will Matt be able to live
with his decision, or will it rip his heart in two?
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