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It's hard to make friends when your family is different from everyone else's. Twelve-year old Sara Green is adopted, and she has no idea who her biological parents are. But she's really tech-savvy, and one day, she wakes up to find a magical smartphone that can transport her through time. Sara has a family tree homework assignment coming up, but she's scared the other students will make fun of her because she has two moms. So, she and her brother Charlie go on an adventure to the pre-smartphone era. Sara wants to discover who her biological parents are, so that she can present on them, and make friends. Charlie wants Sara to accept that she doesn't need to know them, and present on their adoptive parents. Either way, Charlie and Sara better make sure they don't screw up the past. The Time Twins is a time-travel adventure novel for fans of The Magic Tree House, Flashback Four, A Wrinkle In Time, and The Secret Lake.
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When 12-year old Sara Green gets a new homework assignment, she's scared it will ruin her chances to make friends. Sara's family isn't like other families in Portland - she has two moms - and her homework assignment is to present her family tree. Sara's brother Charlie wants them to make the presentation on their moms, but when Sara finds a smartphone with an app that can take her back in time, she gets the idea to go back to the day of her birth, and discover who her biological parents are. But where did the smartphone come from? And why do Sara and Charlie have it? Their journey connects them with a mysterious robot, who might have the answers to some of those questions. Sara and Charlie also encounter their biological grandparents, who might help them solve who their birth parents are. Eventually, Sara will have to choose between being true to herself, or putting on a mask for the sake of making friends. And - Charlie and Sara will both have to deal with the question: what happens if they change something in the past? The Time Twins is a time-travel adventure novel for fans of The Magic Tree House, Flashback Four, and The Secret Lake.
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100% of author earnings from sales of The Time Twins between April 29-May 5 will be donated to OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, OR. /// It's hard to make friends when your family is different from everyone else's. Twelve-year old Sara Green is adopted, and she has no idea who her biological parents are. But she's really tech-savvy, and one day, she wakes up to find a magical smartphone that can transport her through time. Sara has a family tree homework assignment coming up, but she's scared the other students will make fun of her because she has two moms. So, she and her brother Charlie go on an adventure to the pre-smartphone era. Sara wants to discover who her biological parents are, so that she can present on them, and make friends. Charlie wants Sara to accept that she doesn't need to know them, and present on their adoptive parents. Either way, Charlie and Sara better make sure they don't screw up the past. The Time Twins is a time-travel adventure novel for fans of The Magic Tree House, Flashback Four, A Wrinkle In Time, and The Secret Lake.
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Twelve-year old Sara Green is adopted, and she has two moms. Her twin brother Charlie has never wondered who their biological parents are. He's never had trouble making friends like she has, because their family is different and they don't have a dad. So one ordinary morning, when she finds a smartphone that can transport her through time, Sara decides to investigate who her birth parents are by traveling back to the day she was born. Will Sara learn to be true to herself, or will she put on a mask for the sake of making friends? And what secrets will she learn about the nature of time travel and her own family history?
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Sara is tech-savvy, but she has trouble making friends. Her family is different than the other families in Portland - she has two moms, and she's adopted. So when she finds a futuristic smartphone with an app that can take her back in time, she hatches a plan. Together with her brother Charlie, Sara goes back in time 12 years to the day of her birth. Her goal is to solve the mystery of who her biological parents are. She wants to present on them for a family tree homework assignment, and she thinks it'll help her make friends. Charlie wants her to accept that she doesn't need to know them. Will Sara learn to accept herself and her family for who they are, or will she put on a mask for the sake of making friends? Also, can she solve the mystery of where the smartphone came from? How exactly did her two moms come to adopt her and Charlie twelve years ago? And, what will happen if on her adventure she accidentally changes the past?
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Sara are Charlie have a different kind of family. They're twins, they're adopted, and they have two moms. So when tech-savvy Sara finds a futuristic smartphone with an app that can take her back in time, she hatches a plan. Together with her more outgoing brother Charlie, she goes back in time 12 years to the day of her birth. Her goal is to solve the mystery of who her biological parents are. She wants to present on them for a family tree homework assignment, and she thinks it'll help her make friends at school. Charlie wants her to accept that she doesn't need to know them. But where did the smartphone come from? And what will happen if on their adventure, the twins accidentally change the past?
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Sara are Charlie live in Portland, OR, and they have a different kind of family. They're twins, they're adopted, and they have two moms. Tech-savvy Sara has trouble making friends, so when she finds a futuristic smartphone with an app that can take her back in time, she hatches a plan. Together with her more outgoing brother Charlie, she goes back in time 12 years to the day of her birth. Her goal is to solve the mystery of who her biological parents are. She wants to present on them for a family tree homework assignment, and she thinks it'll help her make friends at school. Charlie wants her to accept that she doesn't need to know them. But where did the smartphone come from? And what will happen if on their adventure, the twins accidentally change the past?