Marking Time
- Eloi Bronze Medal
- by April White
- Novel
- Fantasy
- YA and Up
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- Marking Time by April White (Corazon Entertainment, October 2012).
Seventeen year-old Saira Elian’s mother has disappeared, as she does for a few days every couple of years. But this time, Saira ends up searching for her—in time. Along the way she makes friends for the first time in her nomadic life, and she learns that Vampires, Seers, and Shifters are real. But she also makes enemies, including Jack the Ripper.
—Tandy Ringoringo
I was tracing a design that was etched into the wall, and it started glowing and humming. And then my whole body was being stretched and pulled, like I was a giant rubber band. And there was a sound that vibrated through my skin and into my stomach, which is probably what made me want to puke—er, vomit.
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Time Travel Methods
- Innate Time Travelers
- Time Portal
- Vivid Envisioning: Visualization needed when Saira travels to a place where she’s never been, and it’s helpful in other travel, too..
- Themes
- Causal Loops: In the 21st century, Archer gives Saira the very clue she needs to travel back in time to meet Archer, which causes him to try to save her there, and during that rescue attempt, he becomes a vampire, which causes him to live long enough to mentor Saira in the 21st century.
- Fix History!: Attempt to save Mary Kelly (Jack the Ripper’s final victim).
- Long Life
- True Histories: The true story of why Jack the Ripper disappeared after killing Mary Kelly.
- Real-World Tags
- Fictional Tags
- Groupings
Variants
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- Marking Time by April White (Corazon Entertainment, October 2012).
- audio reading.
Marking Time by April White (Corazon Entertainment, September 2014). - audio reading.
Marking Time by April White (Corazon Entertainment, August 2017). - Im Zeichen der Zeit [A sign of the times] by April White (Corazon Entertainment, July 2015).
Translations
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- Marking Time by April White (Corazon Entertainment, October 2012).
- audio reading.
Marking Time by April White (Corazon Entertainment, September 2014). - audio reading.
Marking Time by April White (Corazon Entertainment, August 2017). - German.
Im Zeichen der Zeit [A sign of the times] by April White (Corazon Entertainment, July 2015).
Indexer Notes
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- Release—Although Goodreads lists a 5 November 2012 release date for the paperback, the book’s indicia shows October 2012.