Time School: We Will Remember Them

I thoroughly enjoyed this great read. All the characters in the story felt so real, I could imagine what they were like and they felt rounded. I was especially impressed by the dialogue which sounded like the way I have heard children talk to each other and really helped to bring all the characters alive. I am looking forward to reading more in this series and enjoying the adventures of these four-time travelers.

An example of how literature can inspire you people. Here is a modern scripted book with an up to date young person's novel which combines schools days with a dollop of history and mysterious time travel.
The way young people learn history is often through modern reconstructions and re-enactments of life as it was at that time; with access to first hand accounts, artifacts from the period and visual materials like film accounts or audio extracts.
I have been blessed in the past 12 months to have vistited France and Belguim and seen sites, memorials and museums commenorating the Centenary of the end of the First World War, in 1918.
The incidents that ress with me most were the number of school children visiting cemematories and standing during the Last Post at the Menin Gate.
Imagine if just before a school project on life at home during the Great War, your normal train journey to school becomes a portal in time and when you alight from the carriage the train has transported you 100 years back. As you are late you hardly notice until your school looks different and remarkably clean. It takes a while for the four friends to work out what has happened or why it has effected only them. At first they think it is to make a difference especially to Martha who befriends them but apart from her preoccupation with her brother getting home safely from the war there seems little the school friends can know or influence. In the end they take it upon themselves to value the experience as a unique chance to understand what it was like 100 years ago.
Always clear with strong characterisation and dialogue there is a distinction between the two time zones, some good and some bad.
It turns the thought of a school re-union on the head and is written with real empathy and skill that leaves me as moved as hearing the bugle playing fading in the Flemish night.
A great read, that will move anyone and perhaps help a reader to remember them.

Although this is written for a younger audience, I really enjoyed it.
I liked the twists and the suspense of what would happen.
The characters were likeable and it was a well written book.

Everybody's dream..... Spend some time in the past (or the future) Taken back 100 years, four school friends relive a life they could only imagine, as the big war came to an end. Seeing their neighbourhood as it was all that time ago and living a couple of days with the people of that time. People they feel they should know, but are not too sure. An entertaining read, that made me miss a night's sleep - reading. I could not put it down

I received a free copy of Time School: We Will Remember Them by Nikki Young in exchange for an honest review. The underlying theme of this book is the importance of remembering the past because what happened then shaped the present. The story is told from the viewpoint of Jess. Jess and her friends go back in time to experience life on the homefront during wartime. In a limited capacity, they experience the differences in how children and women were treated in the past. To some extent, they also experienced the results of rationing. A number of deaths from the school were noted, but none of the fallen heroes were known to Jess and her friends. Though war orphans were mentioned as a way of explaining the children’s presence at the school, the book just briefly touches on them as an accepted thing. Overall, this would be a fairly gentle way to introduce a child to the World Wars.

This was a short, sweet story with a happy ending.

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Stories about schools and adventuring are extremely popular at the moment and, as we are about to commemorate the end of the Great War, it is quite common to link the two topics together. This story sees the heroes going back in time to the end of the war and how their lives become entwined with the lives of the children who find them. It was a great story but also full of pathos and a sense of the heartache that families suffered when they were waiting to hear about loved ones. Definitely one to add to topic lists in school.

With the centennial, we'll be studying WWI this year, and this is a perfect book to accompany that. It has the time travel element that so many of my students love, which makes it more likely that they'll pick it up. The characters are clean, the story has some great twists (I figured out about 60% through how it would end, but it will take the kids longer), and good historical context. The one thing I'd like to see more of is fleshing out interactions....or maybe just a longer stay. In the interest of it being an upper elementary book, it's a good length; but it could be upper grades if it were fleshed out more.

Sweet story about 4 school children who go back in time to WW I. While they are there, they gain understanding about life during the war. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to be an early reader in exchange for my fair and honest review.

A good book for young readers who like HarryPotter and similar stories. Easy to read, entertaining, with action and suspense.

This is a well written, enjoyable short story. The characters are likeable and engaging. Although this book is aimed at a younger reader I still enjoyed it and would recommend it. I really liked the idea of going back in time and seeing 1918 through young eyes.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

Jess, Nadia, Tomma and Ash are running late as their alarm clocks didn’t go off due to a power outage. They all meet at the train statin and manage to get on the last train car. As they sit down, they are surprised that they re the only ones in this car. Why? When they arrive at their school, they don’t recognize it as it looks different. The boys outside the school are wearing a type of uniform. The teacher tell the girls they should not be at the boys school area and takes them to the girls area. They are truly puzzled and a little scared. They didn’t want to be separated as everything is different. They wonder if somehow they are back in time. If so, why are they there?

The story is written well. The children’s dialogue is quite realistic in that is the way I think kids at that age talk to each other. The descriptions took me with them in their venture of time travel. While the novel has the science fiction action of time travel, it is also about history. It is about living life during a world war. Friendship in this novel is also an important part of the novel including kindness to others. It’s a great story to read. Don’t miss out!

This book is obviously aimed at younger readers, probably between the ages 10-12. As a young reader I think I would have enjoyed this book, and I think this book would be a good choice for anyone that age to read.

I think 5th grade up will enjoy this time travel book. It takes place partly, during WW 1, which immediately made it of interest to me. WW1 figures in very little youth fiction, it's nice to see someone covering it. This story gets off to an amazingly fast start with a power outage that leads Jess to rush to catch a train to get to school. From there it's a pretty fun joyride for the reader as the story quickly switches to the past, as Jess and her friends are transported to somewhere between 1915 and 1917. Quite a history lesson! Anyway it's a short read and fun.

I’ve been liking seeing the First World War-themed books for younger readers that have been appearing in recent months. At the centenary of the of the end of the war, it’s a good way to engage another generation with one of the most significant events in human history.

As with other books I’ve seen with similar themes, Time School does a good job of connecting modern-day children with the past by introducing us to characters both past and present, characters who find a direct connection over time. We learn through the characters’ eyes how life was, and how things have changed.

Recommended both for the target age group and anyone else who enjoys a creative children’s book.

This is a very good read.

Its basically the tale of 4 kids who get on the train to go to school and end up travellign 100 years into the past into their school at the end of the 1st world war. The school knows them, the kids know them and yet they are thrown into a world where everythingn is different and they learn about whta school was like in thr past but they also help someone that is vital to one of their futures.

I throughly enjoyed this awesome combination of historical fiction, science fiction/fantasy and mystery. The blend is perfect and even though it is written for a young audience I found it highly entertaining and I recommend it to anyone with a beating heart. Also, without revealing any story details, I think this will be used to create interest in a period of history that is often considered boring by school aged readers. I sincerely hope you will take the time to read this wonderful, well-written tale.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author and/or publisher through NetGalley and this is my honest and freely given review.

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Thankyou to NetGalley, BooksGoSocial and the author, Nikki Young, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of Time School, We Will Remember Them in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
I found the storyline to be well written. It was so realistic and atmospheric. Can't wait to read more from this author Not a book to be missed.
Definitely worth a read.

This is a short story following four secondary school aged children as they time travel using an old steam train. It was really engaging, and quite fun to read, though it was quite difficult to gauge the proper target audience as it felt too mature for a young audience but too young for a young adult.

Book was interesting and quite enjoyed reading it. Love the WW1 part of the story and how it all turned out.

Jess, Nadia, Tomma and Ash are running late as their alarm clocks didn’t go off due to a power outage. They all ride the train together to get to school. The cars are full except for the last one so they ride in that one. Something is different about this car though.

They end up in a time travel adventure that is surprising.

I don't want to give any of this away, so I will say I read this in one sitting and really enjoyed it.

I like the blending of past events as being "present" ones as they go back in time.

4 stars go get this one.
My thanks to the author and NetGalley for the arc ebook in exchange for an honest review.