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Nick of time Cover Image Book

Nick of time / Ted Bell.

Bell, Ted. (Author).

Summary:

With the help of Lord Hawke, whose children have been taken by the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood, young Nick McIver uses a time machine to rescue the two children as well as change the course of events in two time periods, the Napoleonic Wars and World War II.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0312380682
  • ISBN: 9780312380687
  • Physical Description: x, 434 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st St Martin's Griffin edition
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The jaws of Gravestone Rock -- The secret drawer -- Nazis in the strawberry patch -- The sea chest -- The dark cave -- Billy Blood -- Two terrible letters -- A council of war -- The Leviathan -- The Nantucket sleigh ride -- The electrified lagoon -- The Chinese butler -- Captain Thor's surprise -- Lord Hawke's tea party -- The mystery of time -- The Tempus Machina -- Captain Mciver's letter -- Das Kapitan's cabbages -- Tempus et locus -- Pigs and stowaways -- A bump in the night -- In the pigsty -- A skirmish in the dark -- Captain Mciver's cannonball -- The windowless submarine -- In the nick of time -- Kate saves the day -- A landlubber aloft -- Spies for sale -- In the sick bay -- The fully hatched scheme -- The Spanish masquerade -- Nazis in Hawke Lagoon -- Snake Eye and the Kingdom of Lost Children -- Merlin victorious -- A glorious farewell -- Landing at Hawke Field -- Churchill after dinner -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
Target Audience Note:
10-14.
950L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.3 19 123308.

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