num_pages: 285
description: Vivian has been kidnapped! She's sure that Jonathan and Sam have whisked her away to a city of the future. But Time City exists outside time and space - though it's inhabitants, as Vivian discovers, couldn't be more human.Trying to get back home, Vivian becomes entangled in the plight of the crumbling Time City. A desperate hunt begins through time to find its builder, the legendary Faber John, and his four precious caskets. But someone else is determined to find him first - someone who is spreading chaos throughout history in an attempt to destroy the city."Dianna Wynne Jones has that rare ability to create a compelling fantasy in the mundane everyday world and to vest her characters with bad temper, laziness and other perfectly ordinary traits, whilst still weaving about them magic, fantasy, power, humour and the destiny for 'great things'." Books For Your Children"Dianna Wynne Jones is one of the most interesting children's writers to emerge over the last decade." Times Literary Supplement
language: English
title: A Tale of Time City
titlecomplete: A Tale of Time City
characters: Vivian Smith
genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Time Travel, Childrens, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 5149
awards: awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Geffen Award
category: Best Translated YA Book
publisher: Teens