{"product_id":"the-time-seekers-hardcover","title":"The Time Seekers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. A. Squires\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKelly Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra St. Germaine is dreading going back to school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pine School is not a typical school and her sixth-year teacher, Miss Blueberry, is not typical either. And things get off to a rather disastrous start, leading to some shocking changes in Classroom #6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt home, the elegant Chadwick Manor, Alexandra's constant companion is a blue and gold macaw parrot named Taco. He is a kind-hearted and intelligent bird, with an impressive vocabulary and very definite opinions. All is well until one dark and stormy night, when Taco and Alexandra find their world quite upended. Two wet and windswept figures are standing in the Chadwick foyer--with their pets--and the winds of change begin to blow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMystery and magic sweep into Dark Harbor, along with the chilly fall weather . . . a teacher whose face is hauntingly familiar, the bewitching night of All Hallows' Eve, time travel to a Salem Witch Trial, strange Miss Ima from the Book Nook, and a magical key which unlocks a tragic past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Time Seekers\u003c\/em\u003e is a children's novel for elementary (grade four and above) through middle school age children. In the tradition of \u003cem\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCharlotte's Web\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Lion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Witch and The Wardrobe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Time Seekers\u003c\/em\u003e takes flight with two anthropomorphized birds: a macaw parrot and a common raven (who only speaks French), yet remains grounded in authentic human emotions and experiences . . . friendship, love, redemption and forgiveness, and never giving up.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith more than 500 pages (64 chapters, Prologue and Epilogue), some French language, The Time Seekers' Map, and over 30 pen and ink illustrations, as\u003cem\u003e The Time Seekers\u003c\/em\u003e is opened, so, too, is a portal to a classic adventure story. An alchemy of magic and human emotion, woven into a tapestry of New England locales (Maine and Cape Cod), \u003cem\u003eThe Time Seekers\u003c\/em\u003e truly belongs on the family bookshelf to be enjoyed by readers of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"You have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins . . . it is all endless and all one.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e P. L. Travers\u003cbr\u003e Author of the \u003cem\u003eMary Poppins\u003c\/em\u003e books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 536\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42128776724615,"sku":"9780996678919","price":38.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ccc2588a9694776834ef263cd5ec61bb.webp?v=1732598079","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-time-seekers-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}