Only eighty years or so between Susan and the Walkers. Considering this book was written in the 1960s, it really wasn't a gigantic time gap when you think about it. Clutchett who is completely paranoid and extremely nosy! Her commentary on Susan's disappearance is priceless. The most hilarious character in her time period is the housekeeper Mrs. I really loved the story in this one and how it focused on Susan for a decent portion in the beginning, mainly for the chance to show the readers why she would want to live in the past. So Susan helps Victoria get rid of him by making him think they have no money - only for the girls to find out it's suddenly true! Can Victoria, Susan and Vic's brother Robert find a way to save the Walker family? And will Susan find a way to stay in 1881, with her Father, and join the Walker family permanently with her own? Add in a buried treasure and some very interesting things will be happening! It doesn't mean three wishes, but three trips to 1881 (there and back) in the old elevator in her apartment building! While she's there, she becomes good friends with Victoria Walker whose Mother is being taken in by a fortune-hunter. The old woman promises her "three" and Susan doesn't know what she could possibly mean. Her Mother has recently died, her Father is always working and at school she's been passed over as the lead in the play, so others can have a "fair chance." Susan is just utterly grumpy about things in general, yet she still stops to help a strange old lady pick up her spilled groceries from the street. The story is all about Susan Shaw, a preteen who is having a horrible time of things. So, I never read either Time At The Top or its sequel when I was a child, but I had seen the movie that was based on the first book and absolutely loved it beyond measure! I think it probably contributed to my complete obsession with time travel that I still have, even midway through my twenties.
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