Dolphins at Daybreak
- by Mary Pope Osborne
- Early Chapter Book
- Fantasy
- Children
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, April 1997).
The tree house transports the kids to a coral reef somewhere in the South Pacific or Indian ocean where a mini-submarine gives them a tour of the wildlife, including dolphins and giant clams. We’ve marked the story as having debatable time travel since the only certain time travel comes from returning to Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, at the moment of their departure.
—Michael Main
“You must show that you know how to do research,” said Morgan. “And show that you can find answers to hard questions.”
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: The entire trip is presumed to take place in the kids’ present day, with the only time travel being that they return to the exact moment of their departure.
- Timeline Models
- Single Consistent Timeline: Within the series, anything the kids do seems to fit known history rather than change it.
- Time Travel Methods
- Fictional Tags
- Morgan le Fay: She tells the kids that they must show that they can do research to solve four riddles, thereby becoming Master Librarians.
- Groupings
Variants
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- Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, April 1997).
- audio reading.
Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne, in Magic Treehouse Collection, Books 9–16, Listening Library, October 2003. - alternative title.
Diving with Dolphins by Mary Pope Osborne (Red Fox, January 2009).