Nick of Time
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.
Format: Book
Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Description: x, 434 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Nick McIver is no ordinary boy, fighting pirates, beating Nazis at their own game, and traveling through time.
Contents:
The jaws of Gravestone Rock -- The secret drawer -- Nazis in the strawberry patch -- The sea chest -- The dark cave -- Billy Blood -- Two terrible letters -- A council of war -- The Leviathan -- The Nantucket sleigh ride -- The electrified lagoon -- The Chinese butler -- Captain Thor's surprise -- Lord Hawke's tea party -- The mystery of time -- The Tempus Machina -- Captain Mciver's letter -- Das Kapitan's cabbages -- Tempus et locus -- Pigs and stowaways -- A bump in the night -- In the pigsty -- A skirmish in the dark -- Captain Mciver's cannonball -- The windowless submarine -- In the nick of time -- Kate saves the day -- A landlubber aloft -- Spies for sale -- In the sick bay -- The fully hatched scheme -- The Spanish masquerade -- Nazis in Hawke Lagoon -- Snake Eye and the Kingdom of Lost Children -- Merlin victorious -- A glorious farewell -- Landing at Hawke Field -- Churchill after dinner -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
Subjects:
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 -- Juvenile fiction.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Juvenile fiction.
Time travel -- Juvenile fiction.
Adventure stories.
Fantasy -- Juvenile fiction.
Boys -- Channel Islands -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Channel Islands -- Juvenile fiction.
Pirates -- Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction.
Rescues -- Juvenile fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Juvenile fiction.
Channel Islands -- Juvenile fiction.
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 -- Juvenile fiction.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Juvenile fiction.
Time travel -- Juvenile fiction.
Adventure stories.
Fantasy -- Juvenile fiction.
Boys -- Channel Islands -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Channel Islands -- Juvenile fiction.
Pirates -- Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction.
Rescues -- Juvenile fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Juvenile fiction.
Channel Islands -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Middle School.
ISBN:
9780312380687
Accelerated Reader 6.3.
Reading Counts! 7.4.
Reading Counts! 7.4.