Description

Perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Echo, and Hour of the Bees, this charming time-travel story from husband-and-wife team Marisa de los Santos and David Teague follows one girl's race to change the past in order to save her father's future.

Thirteen-year-old Margaret knows her father is innocent, but that doesn't stop the cruel Judge Biggs from sentencing him to death. Margaret is determined to save her dad, even if it means using her family's secret—and forbidden—ability to time travel.

With the help of her best friend, Charlie, and his grandpa Josh, Margaret goes back to a time when Judge Biggs was a young boy and tries to prevent the chain of events that transformed him into a corrupt, jaded man. But with the forces of history working against her, will Margaret be able to change the past? Or will she be pushed back to a present in which her father is still doomed?

Told in alternating voices between Margaret and Josh, this heartwarming story shows that sometimes the forces of good need a little extra help to triumph over the forces of evil.

 


To save her father, Margaret must unravel a decades-old injustice. But can one girl really rewrite history?


  • Time Travel Adventure: Margaret has one chance to break her family’s most sacred rule and leap back to 1938 Arizona. But the forces of history don’t like to be changed.
  • Historical Fiction for Kids: Experience the struggles of a 1930s company coal mining town through the eyes of Josh, a boy who befriends the future judge when he was still a kid named Luke.
  • A High-Stakes Mystery: To save her father in the present, Margaret must figure out what twisted a young boy into a cruel man—and stop it before it happens.
  • Unlikely Friendship: Told from two points of view, this is a story of two pairs of friends separated by decades, fighting for what’s right against impossible odds.

About the author(s)

Marisa de los Santos is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning poet with a PhD in literature and creative writing. She lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with her family.

David Teague is the author of the picture book Franklin’s Big Dreams. With his wife, Marisa de los Santos, he is the coauthor of Saving Lucas Biggs and Connect the Stars. Married for over twenty years, Marisa and David live with their two children, Charles and Annabel, and their Yorkies, Finn and Huxley, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Reviews

“The authors’ graceful use of language and fearless exploration of a more spiritual dimension simultaneously comfort and challenge readers, encouraging deep thoughts. This novel makes a good companion for armchair time travelers and budding philosophers alike.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“This book is hard to put down! Vivid and memorable, SAVING LUCAS BIGGS casts a captivating spell that will keep you turning pages. Together, Marisa de los Santos and David Teague have nimbly wound together strands of contemporary and historical fiction to create a heartfelt yarn of family, friendship, and homespun time–travel magic.” - Ingrid Law, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of SAVVY

“This book is hard to put down! Vivid and memorable, SAVING LUCAS BIGGS casts a captivating spell that will keep you turning pages. A heartfelt yarn of family, friendship, and homespun time–travel magic.” - Ingrid Law, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of SAVVY

“A riveting time–travel adventure. Strong storytelling, suspense, lyrical writing, high drama, weighty matters made accessible and a bit of humor add up to a terrific and heartwarming read.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“The authors weave a tale of justice and family bonds with threads of historical fiction accented with the fantastical physics of time travel.” - School Library Journal (starred review)

De los Santos and Teague craft a gentle, quiet sci–fi story where the focus is not on the science…love, nonviolence, and social justice are. The husband–and–wife writing team keep the story moving along at a nice clip, so the peaceful message grows naturally out of the action and drama…Give this one to readers who like stories about family, doing the right thing, and standing up to those who don’t. - Booklist

De los Santos and Teague craft a gentle, quiet sci–fi story where the focus is not on the science…love, nonviolence, and social justice are. Give this one to readers who like stories about family, doing the right thing, and standing up to those who don’t. - Booklist

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