Book cover for Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn

Time for Andrew

A Ghost Story

2007 Released
176 Pages
2-3 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
Clarion BooksISBN 9780547531724

When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diphtheria.


Trapped in 1910 with a new family and a new name, Drew must live his ancestor’s life. Can he find his way home before he’s stuck in the past forever?


  • Time Travel Adventure: Drew is pulled back to 1910 to take the place of Andrew, a boy who looks exactly like him. But the way back to his own time is gone.
  • A Spooky Ghost Story: From the master of spooky middle grade stories, Mary Downing Hahn, this tale asks a chilling question: what if the ghost is you?
  • Historical Fiction for Kids: Life in 1910 isn’t easy. With no television, no modern medicine, and a strict father, Drew must learn to survive in a world he only knows from books.
  • Facing a Bully: Andrew’s cousin Edward doesn’t trust the “new” Andrew one bit. To survive, Drew must find a courage he never knew he had.

Mary Downing Hahn

Mary Downing Hahn’s many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.

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