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When seventh‑grader Dorso Clayman opens his locker, he finds a dead body—and then it disappears thirty seconds later. He soon learns that the locker is being used by a group of tech‑savvy pranksters who have hacked into the time line. Objects and people from the past keep appearing in the present, turning a joke into a lethal threat. Together with his friend Frank, Dorso must break the code and beat the time hackers at their own game before the past consumes them.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Gary Paulsen
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