'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. 8-12) - Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. Another solid and enjoyable performance from this popular, award-winning author. Meanwhile, the sampling of past mores is as entertaining as it is instructive, and each boy's well-drawn character is believably enriched by emulating the other to preserve his disguise. Like Pearce's Tom's Midnight Garden, the pleasurably atmospheric story ends with Drew's reunion with now elderly people from the past the Missouri setting and neatly crafted, accessible plot make this a fine bridge to that British classic. He finds the old house creepy, made creepier when he finds a bag of marbles with a warning note and an old, old, picture of a dead boy who looked exactly like him.

Hannah, who taught Andrew his skill, now helps Drew to win so that he can return to his own time. When his parents go on an archaeological dig for the summer, Drew is sent into the care of his Aunt Blythe at the old family mansion. Meanwhile, Andrew's life is saved, but-not sure he wants to switch back-he suggests a contest with the marbles he's hidden in the attic where the boys met. /rebates/2f97803956655652fTime-Andrew-Ghost-Story-Hahn-03956655662fplp&. Drew finds himself in 1910, where he faces an adoring younger brother's disgust at his sudden wimpiness, observes tomboyish older sister Hannah's romance, scraps with obnoxious Cousin Edward, and gets routine (though not vicious) punishments with Andrew's father's belt. The gently reared Drew is timid Andrew's a prankster and a daredevil, as Drew finds after Andrew persuades him to trade places so that Andrew's diptheria can be cured by modern medicine. It's another boy, also named Andrew, also 12, and identical to Drew in appearance, though not in character. Diana Dell, Ed.S, Ph. Flashcards Matching Concentration Word Search See a list of terms used in these activities. Staying with Great-Aunt Blythe in the ancestral home while his parents are on a dig, ``Drew''-so called because his great- grandfather Edward abhors his full name-is immediately aware of a presence in the attic. Start over Help Practice vocabulary used in 'Time for Andrew' written by Mary Downing Hahn.

Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn