{"title":"Todd McClimans","description":"Todd McClimans is a school administrator and former fifth grade teacher in Pennsylvania. A history buff and fantasy nerd, Todd first became interested in writing about history when teaching his students the riveting stories of patriots and their struggle for independence during the Revolutionary War. He aims to bring history to life for young readers by writing stories with a careful mixture of historical fact and fantastical story-telling, with characters to whom young readers can relate. He holds BA degrees in Creative Writing and Elementary Education and MAs in Creative Writing and Educational Leadership. Todd spends his free time reading, running, and riding his bike. An avid reader of fantasy, he lists his current favorite authors Lois Lowry, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, David McCullough, and George R.R. 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When the two unlikely friends find themselves in Dr. Arnold's detention dungeon, they make a startling discovery-their teacher has invented a working time machine! The next thing they know, Kristi and Ty are jettisoned back in time to the Revolutionary War as part of Dr. Arnold's scheme to change American history in favor of his infamous ancestor and the country's greatest traitor, General Benedict Arnold. They soon realize their lives in the twenty-first century, a time of cell phones, flat screens, and iPods, weren't as bad as they'd imagined. But to get home, they must thwart their teacher's mad scheme while evading slave catchers, surviving bloody battles, and serving as nurses for sick and wounded soldiers. 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But when slavers fly the same flag, he wondered why that same freedom wasn't offered to African-American men and women. Two hundred thirty years later, Kristi discovers an old family tree, tracing back to 1854. Her ancestors were slaves! Her great-great-grandfather actually escaped on the Underground Railroad, but lost his younger brother to slave catchers along the way. Can she go back and save him? And how will that change the present, if she does? Travel with Kristi and Ty to the American South in 1858, just two years before the slavery question boils over into a bloody war. Will they save Kristi's uncle and guide him safely to Canada? Or will Kristi be caught, and condemned to chains? 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She finally discovers the heartbreaking truth: Ty was killed during the Battle of Antietam. Kristi decides she must return to the past again to save him. Meanwhile, back in 1862, after a close friend dies from a battlefield wound, Ty volunteers at a hospital in Washington. Given the dirtiest, smelliest, most menial jobs, he works day and night to improve the wretched, filthy conditions there, but the doctors won't listen. When he's finally sent to the battlefield, can he avoid the same fate as his friend? Kristi time-travels to Washington in 1862, but Ty has already left the hospital. She follows him to Antietam by working as a nurse for Clara Barton. In the end, will she be able to convince Ty to leave the battle and save himself? Or will her best friend become a number in the history books, just one more among the over 700,000 casualties of America's bloodiest war? 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