Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 25*

Shadow of the Shark

by Mary Pope Osborne

Release: June 2015
Format: Novelette
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Children
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

As a thank-you gift from Merlin and Morgan, Jack and Annie are sent on what should be a vacation at a luxurious resort in Cozumel, Mexico, but is, by mistake, an adventure with ancient Mayans instead.

— based on fandom.com

DEBUT

Shadow of the Shark (Random House, June 2015) [print · e-book].

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Precolonial Americas (3000 BC to AD 1492)
Circa AD 2000 to 2099: based on a date of 2019 in To the Future, Ben Franklin!

Timeline Models

Single Static Timeline: Within the series, anything the kids do seems to fit known history rather than change it.

Time Travel Methods

Themes

Sent to Wrong Time!: They were meant to go on vacation to present-day Cozumel.

Real-World Tags

Maya Civilization

Fictional Tags

Merlin: possibly offstage [Need to check this.]
Morgan le Fay: [Need to check this.]

Groupings

Magic Tree House (story series): Merlin Mission 25 [originally Magic Tree House 54 in the pre-2017 numbering system]

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to Mexico, during the time of the Maya civilization. Round trip.