reviewed by  Nora (Gr. 5)
Georges Vanier School
Kanata, Ontario

Title: A Handful of Time

Author:Kit Pearson

Genre: Fantasy

Suitable Age Category: 10+

Publisher: Penguin 1978

Number of Pages: 142

Summary:
Twelve year old Patricia's parents are getting a divorce. Now Patricia is stuck going to her cousin's cottage for her summer vacation so her parents can sort things out. She has no idea who her cousins even are and to make things worse they tease her all the time. When Patricia finds an old watch the excitement begins. She now finds herself thirty-five years in the past watching her mother live her summer as a 12 year old girl.

Rating:

Kit Pearson really knows how to tell a story. In this case she made the story exciting to the very last word!

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