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Time Travel

Tales involving time travel based on the Pigeon Post essay of the same name from February 22, 2008.

This book list is divided into two sections:
(1) Books for Independent Readers
(2) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with books for Independent Readers, but you can use the following link to skip directly to books for Young Adults.
Go to books for Young Adults


Independent Reader

Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander Suggested
Something Upstairs by Avi Suggested
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks Highly Recommended
The House With a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs and illustrated by Edward Gorey Recommended
A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond Recommended
The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston and illustrated by Peter Boston Highly Recommended
Stonewords by Pam Conrad Suggested
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper Highly Recommended
Edward Eager's Tales of Magic : Half Magic, Knight's Castle, the Time Garden, Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager Recommended
Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer and illustrated by Chris Connor Suggested
The 13th Floor by Sid Fleischman and illustrated by Peter Sis Suggested
A Girl Called Boy by Belinda Hurmence Suggested
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Highly Recommended
The Root Cellar by Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn Suggested
The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by H. R. Millar Recommended
Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton and illustrated by Erik Blegvad Recommended
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce and illustrated by Susan Einzig Recommended
Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer Recommended
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka Suggested
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Recommended
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Receommended


Young Adult

The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs and illustrated by J. Allen St. John Recommended
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle Recommended
The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier Highly Recommended
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Suggested

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