The Time-Traveling Necklace (Novel Series)

***The Time-Traveling Necklace*** is a five-novel series written by Maryam Wells. The series follows five high school girls who discover a mysterious, antique diamond pendant necklace with the power to travel the bearer through time in their sleep.

## Synopsis

Five teenage girls discover that an antique necklace that they purchased at an antique store, has the power to travel the person who wears it back in time in their sleep.

## Characters

* **Becky Garrison** - A 17-year-old girl who purchases a diamond pendant necklace at an antique shop. One day she wears it to school to show it off to her friends. However, at home while studying for an upcoming test, Becky falls asleep, while wearing the necklace, she finds herself in the year 1928. After that, she wakes up from the travel and discovers that she had retain memories from her experience. This causes Becky to realize her necklace has powers to travel a person who wears it back in time in their sleep.
* **Megan Parker** - A sweet, kind-hearted girl and childhood friend of Becky's. She borrows Becky's necklace after Becky told her about her time-traveling experience Megan didn't believe her and decides to hold on to the necklace for a while. While babysitting her younger brother, Megan falls asleep, while wearing the necklace and is transported to the year 1945. After waking up in the present, Megan realizes that Becky is telling the truth and they decided not to let anyone wear the necklace. While Katie Reese wears the necklace in the next episode, Megan does research on it.
* **Katie Reese** - A "brain" or over-achiever as she is described. She is one of the smartest students in school and doesn't let anyone forget it either. She asked Becky if she can borrow any jewelry she can wear for a school dance. Katie ended up borrowing Becky's powerful necklace. When she is about to go to bed, Katie was too tired to take the necklace off, so she keeps it on and sleeps in it, causing her to be transported to the year 1973. After waking up, she retains memories from the trip. She later confronts Becky about the necklace and Becky reveals to her that the necklace is a time-traveling necklace and she and Megan were the only one who experienced it.
* **Tara McDermott** - The most popular girl at North Valley High and is involved in every school organization along with Megan Parker. Tara stumbled on Becky's necklace after she decided to get rid of it. When Tara doses off while on a bus trip to a rival high school for a basketball game, she finds herself in 1938. After her experience, she confronts Becky about the necklace and the girls agree that they have to return the necklace.
* **Lucy Sullivan** - She is Becky's cousin from Los Angeles. She visits her cousin and takes possession of the necklace despite Becky's warnings. When she falls asleep while on a car ride home, she is transported back to the year 1955

## Episodes

**Arc 2**

**Arc 3**

## The Time-Traveling Necklace Returns

In 2013, 10 years after Becky Garrison and her friends experienced time-travel with her necklace, her nieces Riley and Chloe find themselves in the year 1998 to help a young woman unite with her soulmate.

## Notes

* The novel, 1928, is the first novel in the Time-Traveling Necklace series, each installment centered on one of the five friends and her time with the title necklace.
* Five actresses who play Becky, Megan, Katie, Tara, and Lucy are best known for their roles in past TV shows.
	+ Jodie Sweetin (Becky Garrison) played Stephanie Tanner on Full House
	+ Lacey Chabert (Megan Parker) played Claudia Salinger on Party of Five.
	+ Tatyana Ali (Katie Reese) played Ashley Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
	+ Autumn Reeser (Tara McDermott) played Taylor Townsend on The O.C.
	+ Rachelle Lefevre (Lucy Sullivan) played Stacy Hanson on Big Wolf on Campus.
* Although Lucy Sullivan is an American, Rachelle Lefevre is Canadian.
* Jodie Sweetin (Becky), Lacey Chabert (Megan), Autumn Reeser (Tara) and Rachelle Lefevre (Lucy) are currently the biggest stars on the Hallmark channel. They have been in numerous Hallmark channel movies.
* Each other the main characters traveled back in time out of the United States seven times:
	+ Vietnam in Quantum Leap: The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) - April 7, 1970 (1990).

A plane over the Bermuda Triangle in Quantum Leap: Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956 (1992).

* + Egypt in Quantum Leap: The Curse of Ptah-Hotep - March 2, 1957 (1992).
	+ Japan in Quantum Leap: Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 1 (1992).
	+ The Soviet Union in Quantum Leap: Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 2 (1992).
	+ A raft in international waters in Quantum Leap: Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956 (1992).
	+ England in Quantum Leap: Blood Moon - March 10, 1975 (1993).
* Although the characters were born in 1986, the actresses who portray them have different birthdates.
	+ Jodie Sweetin and Lacey Chabert were born in 1982.
	+ Tatyana Ali and Rachelle Lefevre were born in 1979.
	+ Autumn Reeser was born in 1980.
* Each of the character has met their lookalike.
* Megan met - in 1945.
* Becky met - in 1928.
* Tara met - 1938.