SOLVED. A book about a thimble - but NOT Thimble Summer. [s]

[Sarah]

I am looking for a book about a young girl. She goes to spend the summer with relatives. She finds a thimble that takes her back and forth in time. I believe there was a battle - maybe Culloden?

[Sue]

A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley?
"Penelope lives in the 20th Century, and it is only when she visits Thackers, a remote, ancient farmhouse, that she finds herself travelling back in time to join the lives of the Babington family, and watching helplessly as tragic events bring danger to her friends and the downfall of their heroine Mary, Queen of Scots, whom they are seeking to rescue."

[Ayshe]

A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley - the link for Sue's suggestion

[Sarah]

That doesn't sound right. I looked at it, but I think I'm looking for another book.

[Kris]

Sarah, around what year did you read this book?

Is it possible the object is something other than a thimble? How did she find the object?

Where is she spending the summer - country, region, big city/small town?

[Kris]

Thimbles by David Wiseman? "A twentieth-century girl is magically transported through time to join the 1819 demonstration which ended in tragedy for Manchester mill workers seeking the right to vote."

I used Amazon UK's advanced search - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.ht...

[Sarah]

Thimbles. That's the one! I recognize the cover. Thank you!

[Kris]

Great! Glad we could help.

That one was tricky. It turns out both the Amazon US (https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Searc...) and Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Search-...) advanced search engines can locate this book. Sometimes only the UK site helps with some British titles.
- Keywords: thimble time travel
- Subject: children's books