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When a portal sends seventeen-year-old Lydia Bentley to 1945 at a secret military base near her Long Island home, she learns that her grandfather's stories of dangerous government experiments are true, that the Montauk Project was real, and that she needs the help of a darkly mysterious time traveler to return home. The story explores themes of love, loss, and the consequences of history, as Lydia navigates the challenges of a wartime world while trying to uncover the truth about her grandfather's involvement in the project.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Rachel Carter
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