Tag: Jane Yolen

Book cover for Time Traveling with a Hamster by Ross Welford, featuring a hamster on a ledge above bold yellow title and a pink scooter with a rider on a dark blue background.
Book Reviews, historical ficiton, time travel, upper middle grade

Time Travel in Middle Grade Literature

carolbaldwin

INTRODUCTION Time Traveling with a Hamster (Yearling, 2018) by Ross Welford, my second time travel mentor novel, is totally different than The Devil's Arithmetic . REVIEW At least that's what I initially thought. But then one night when I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about time travel and how I was going to incorporate… Continue reading Time Travel in Middle Grade Literature

Book cover for The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen, with a woman's collage-face and smaller historical scenes on a red background.
Book Reviews, historical fiction, upper middle grade, young adult

Exploring Time Travel in Historical Fiction

carolbaldwin

Introduction As I mentioned in my last post, my middle grade work-in-progress, Out of the Flame, has morphed into a time travel novel. The reason is simple. I love sharing history with tweens and teens and time travel is more appealing than straight historical fiction. The execution is not. Now I have to learn how… Continue reading Exploring Time Travel in Historical Fiction