Snipesville is America's Most Boring Small Town.
Except for the Time Travel,
Of Course.
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Annette Laing's books on Goodreads
Don't Know Where, Don't Know When (The Snipesville Chronicles, Book 1)
ratings: 55 (avg rating 4.35)
A Different Day, A Different Destiny (The Snipesville Chronicles, Book 2)
ratings: 59 (avg rating 4.13)
A Different Day, A Different Destiny
Confusion Press (2010)
When you wake up in the year 1851 on a Scottish hillside…or down an English coal mine…or in a field on a Southern plantation, you know you're in for a lousy day.
No day has been normal for Hannah and Alex Dias since they moved from San Francisco to the little town of Snipesville, Georgia. Bad enough that they and their dorky new friend Brandon Clark became reluctant time-travelers to World War Two England. Now things are about to get worse. Much worse.
From the cotton fields of the slave South, to the poorest slums of Victorian Scotland, to London’s glittering Crystal Palace, the kids chase a twenty-first century gadget through the mid-nineteenth century.
Finding it is only the beginning of what they must do to save two beloved places from destruction, and heal a wound in Time.
The Snipesville Chronicles, Book 1:Don't Know Where, Don't Know When
Confusion Press (2007)
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What a nightmare.Hannah Dias, California Girl with Attitude, and Alex, her laid-back brother, have moved from exciting San Francisco to boring Snipesville. Life doesn't improve when they meet Brandon, a dorky kid who is plotting his escape from the Deep South, and the weird Professor.
Suddenly, the kids are catapulted to World War Two England. They fall into a world of dragon ladies, bomb blasts, ugly underwear, stinky sandwiches, painful punishments, and non-absorbing toilet paper.
They learn so much more than they could ever learn in a history class. Not that they want to learn it.
But they can't go home until they find George Braithwaite...Whoever he is, and whatever he has to do with Snipesville.
Annette Laing's Snipesville Chronicles
Engrossing first novel. We eagerly await future volumes.
Georgia Library Quarterly.
Brisk storytelling, likeable characters, and a great plot.
Charlotte's Library.
Don't Know Where, Don't Know When is an enjoyable treat of a novel.
Becky Laney, Becky's Book Reviews.
I learned more is this extremely entertaining 204-page book than in [my] 900 plus page history book and history class.
Book Divas.
A fun, educational mystery, this story does a successful job of bringing history within reach.
Allison Fraclose, Teens Read Too.
This brought back my son's love of reading again.
Amazon.com reviewer, Fremont, California.
This book made me eager to read the rest in this series.
Words by Annie.
Wartime can be a challenging topic to cover; a good way would be to use a story such as this one. Food rationing, sending children to the country, chamber pots, bomb shelters, bomb scares, and a good mystery keep the story authentic and engaging.
HomeSchoolBuzz.com