Grave

gave it four stars for worth as a book, although it's only three stars for my personal enjoyment (unhappy foster child in present time travels to experience the Irish Famine first hand, so not a cozy comfort read)......more

Short summary: A boy named Tom who lives in 1970’s England stumbles upon a mass grave and when he is near it he is sucked back in time to 1840’s Ireland, during the potato famine. There he meets a family who takes him in and he needs to figure out why he was brought back to this time and place. I abso......more

I picked this book up at a thrift store for 10 cents, not realizing it was a young adult novel. I read it anyway and found that I liked it! I dont usually read young adult books, but the historical fiction I thought was clever. It's a great coming of age story. Tommy gets a perspective shift after h......more

Taught this to my Grade 9 students. Fun for them, very predictable for me. Reads like "baby's first time travel story." At least it's set in an uncommon time period for stories of this genre.......more

Absolutely loved this book. A good young adult book.......more