The Portal

The Portal / Kathryn Lasky

Rose Ashley has moved in with her grandmother after the sudden death of her mother. Grief-stricken, horribly bullied at school, and missing her creative outlet because her sewing machine has not arrived to her grandmother’s yet, Rose takes solace in her grandmother’s greenhouse. One night in the greenhouse, she suddenly, she finds herself in 1543 Tudor England as a servant to Princess Elizabeth I, with no idea how she time traveled or how to get back. The first book of a planned series, give this to fans of time travel and Elizabethan history. For ages 8-12.