num_pages: 176
description: It's strange enough when Susan Shaw disappears without a trace on a wintry March afternoon. It's stranger still when her uninformative note is found in the hallway of her apartment building along with a black cat that no one has seen before. And it's strangest of all when she suddenly appears again, wearing clothes that are eighty years out of date, and tells a wild story about an old woman with a fly-away hat, an elevator that travels into the past, and a distressed family that only she can save.Who is going to believe such a tale? Certainly not her father, but Susan is determined to prove to him that it's all true--and she has other plans for him as well. Who, in fact, could believe such a tale? Even the author, who takes part in the story, has his doubts, but just as those doubts are all laid to rest, the mystery thickens once more. This time it's a double disappearance...
title: Time At The Top
titlecomplete: Time At The Top
genres: Fiction, Historical, Science Fiction, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Time Travel, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 636
places: New York (State)
series: Time at the Top
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Parnassus Press