num_pages: 327
description: Time City is built on a patch of time and space outside history. It is full of wonders and haunted by "time ghosts," but it is nearly worn out and doomed to destruction.In September 1939, Vivian Smith is on a train, being evacuated from London, when she is kidnapped by two boys from Time City, Jonathan and Sam. They mistakenly think she is the mysterious Time Lady disguised as a child. Only the Time Lady can wake the founder of the city, Faber John, from his age-long sleep, and only he can save the city.Vivian wants to get home; Jonathan and Sam want her to help them in their quest through the ages of history to save Time City. Meanwhile, someone seems to be tampering with history, changing it over and over, complicating everything...
language: English
title: A Tale of Time City
titlecomplete: A Tale of Time City
characters: Vivian Smith
genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Time Travel, Fiction, Science Fiction, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 5151
awards: awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Geffen Award
category: Best Translated YA Book
publisher: Tandem Library