In The Nick of Time
J Lee Graham
- When
- thirteen-year-old
- Andy
- Mackpeace's
- psychic
- grandmother
- Geri
- bequeaths
- him
- some
- mysterious
- incense
- sticks,
- he
- lights
- one
- in
- her
- memory,
- and
- the
- smoke
- hurls
- him
- back
- to
- March
- 5,
- 1770
- in
- Massachusetts.
- There
- he
- meets
- Samuel
- Maverick,
- a
- soon
- to
- be
- victim
- of
- the
- Boston
- Massacre.
- Andy
- experiences
- the
- horrible
- event
- and
- is
- almost
- killed.
- He
- discovers
- that
- lighting
- the
- unused
- portion
- of
- the
- stick
- brings
- him
- back
- to
- his
- New
- Hampshire
- home
- in
- the
- present.Andy
- and
- his
- best
- friend
- Roger
- Stanley
- tempt
- fate
- to
- light
- a
- different
- stick
- for
- another
- time
- travel
- adventure.
- In
- the
- midst
- of
- the
- smoke,
- Miranda
- Roberts
- barges
- in,
- and
- Andy
- drops
- the
- stick.
- All
- three
- transport
- back
- to
- Antebellum
- Georgia
- where
- Andy
- and
- Miranda
- are
- the
- children
- of
- a
- plantation
- owner.
- Roger,
- who
- is
- black,
- is
- a
- slave.Without
- the
- stick,
- they
- are
- hopelessly
- trapped.
- Tensions
- mount
- as
- Andy
- must
- make
- a
- decision
- that
- will
- change
- his
- life.
- Friendships
- are
- tested,
- broken,
- and
- ultimately
- transformed
- as
- these
- three
- travelers
- use
- their
- 21st
- Century
- wits
- to
- battle
- a
- 19th
- Century world.
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