Patricia is sent to spend the summer on a lake with cousins she doesn’t know while her parents work through the conditions of their separation and divorce. Her cousins find her snooty and incompetent - she can’t even manage a canoe! - and Patricia finds *them* mean and exclusionary. It is shaping up to be a terrible summer, until she finds an old pocket watch that somehow transports her back to the same family cabin on the same lake, but at a time when her own mother was 12 years old, just like Patricia herself…. Kit Pearson is a well-known Canadian children’s writer; I’ve only read a few books by her, but have enjoyed each of them for their portrayal of childhood relationships between adults and kids, and between kids themselves. While the lessons of each book are quite obvious (here, learning to accept each person as they are rather than striving for perfect parent-child relationships), the way in which the main character is led to those lessons is entertaining and well plotted; mildly recommended. ( )

Good story! Great for a child to realize that their parent was once a child, too! I enjoyed watching this child grow. ( )

I love this as much now as I did when I read it in seventh grade for a book report. Memories of childhood abound! ( )

I think that this book was a really good book.Once i read it i did not want tp put the book down... i finished the book in 2 days ( )

Patricia is twaalf en haar ouders gaan scheiden. Ze moet de zomervakantie doorbrengen bij haar tante Ginnie en oom Dough en hun kinderen, in een vakantie huisje aan een groot meer. Patricia voelt zich niet thuis bij haar familie. Dan vindt ze een oud horloge dat haar terug brengt in de tijd, toen haar moeder twaalf was.
Een mooi boek over familie, vriendschap en hoe het verleden invloed heeft op het heden. ( )