In the Keep of Time

by Margaret J. Anderson

Book Overview

British children on holiday enter a ruined tower and are whisked back in time. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590053795
• ISBN13: 9780590053792
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful and memorable story

I read and re-read this book as a child, and as a parent, read it to my own children. Four siblings go into a ruined Scottish keep and come out in another time. They learn a great deal on the way about the love and concern they have for each other.

"Instead of turning the key she jerked it from the lock..."

Another childhood favorite that I have worn to pieces - the seems to have gone out of print. I hunted down a hardback used - re-read it - and am now passing on to my sister & kids. Picked up 'Mists of Time' as well since I never read any other Anderson books. This still outshines most of today's children's books - it takes a Narnian-style door into the pase (and then future) - taking some fairly dull children and re-shaping them into a more aware and connected brood. Anderson takes real places [.........] and melds them into her story with her own characters and events. The loss of one of the children - actually, misplacement in time - is handled very well and carefully in causing the children to examine what makes each of them who they are. The father closes the story - unaware of what's happened, he observes, "There's a bond between them that was never there before."

Fantastic story stayed with me 25 years!

Now I share it with my kids! This is the tale of kids who find a passage through time and are forever changed by their experiences in the other realm. It is a story that makes you dream, "What if?" and will give you pause later. 25 years after I first enjoyed it, I sought it out to share with my girls, and I'm delighted to find it!