What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. Children's chapter book - kids use time travel elevator to prevent crime/solve mystery? [s]
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Time at the Top? I haven't read it, but it does involve a time traveling elevator and was published before 1978!
It's not Time at the Top, but thank you for the suggestion, WhiteHeather. :-)
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All - thank you! I did look up All in Good Time and do believe it was the book I was trying to remember! Just purchased it and am looking forward to re-reading it. Thank you again! And now to file this one as solved.... :-)
What's the Name of That Book???
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Sometime in the 1970s when I was in elementary school I read a book from the school library that I've been trying to track down. I was probably between 3rd - 6th grade when I read it, so it would have to have been first published before 1978.
The plot included a small group of kids (at least one boy and one girl) who discovered an elevator in their building that traveled back and forth in time - maybe back to late 1800s/early 1900s? I think they found a way to "call" the elevator by a button hidden in the hallway wainscoting. They also discovered that the elevator wouldn't always stop on the floor, or take them to the time they wanted.
If I remember correctly they used the time traveling elevator to change a past event... Maybe to solve a mystery or prevent a crime? I also remember them having a newspaper and when they were successful in whatever they were time traveling for, the newspaper's headline changed before their eyes, as a result of them changing history.
If anyone could help solve this book mystery I would be very appreciative!