The Magic Tree House 24

Earthquake in the Early Morning

by Mary Pope Osborne

Release: August 2001
Format: Early Chapter Book
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Children
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Jack and Annie help a man rescue old, treasured books after the Great San Francisco Earthquake and before the fire. And with their fourth piece of writing, they finally get to visit Camelot!

— Michael Main

Jack slowly stood up. His legs felt wobbly. As he brushed off his pants, the deep rumbling came again—louder than before.

DEBUT

Earthquake in the Early Morning (Random House, August 2001).

VARIANTS

2 English variants

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Middle Ages (AD 476 to 1454): Camelot
Circa AD 1900 to 1929: 1906 San Francisco
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

Real-World Tags

Great San Francisco Earthquake

Fictional Tags

Groupings

Magic Tree House (story series): 24

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to San Francisco, 18 April 1906. Round trip. Note: Jack and Annie in the tree house.
From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to Camelot at an unknown time. Round trip. Note: Jack, Annie and Morgan (without the tree house) travel in a flash of light.