A Handful of Time

by Kit Pearson

Book Overview

When Patrick's mother sends her to her cousins' cottage for the summer, Patricia doesn't want to go. She doesn't know her cousins at all, and she's never been good at camping or canoeing, let alone making new friends. When she arrives at the cottage, her worst fears come true: her cousin Kelly teases her; Aunt Ginnie and Uncle Doug feel sorry for her. She doesn't fit in. Then Patricia discovers an old watch hidden under a floorboard. When she winds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014032268X
• ISBN13: 9780140322682
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Another masterpiece by Kit Pearson

Kit Pearson Manages once again to write a emotional and descriptive book which draws you in from the start. This is a book about a 12 year old Patricia Potter who is sent away to live on a lake for the summer with her Aunt Ginnie and Uncle Doug along with cousins her own age so that her parents can work out the details of their divorce without Patricia present. Patricia's never gone camping before, never swum in a lake, never paddled a canoe, and never cleaned a fish, and also her greatest fault: she's not good at making friends. As soon as she arrives, she is labelled as a crybaby, suck-up snob, and a wimp and her cousins despise her and tease her with stingy nicknames such as Potty, and Pee Pee. Then Patricia unexcpectedly finds an old pocket watch in a cavity under the old wooden floor in a cabin named La Petit and she travels 35 years back in time where her own mother was 12. Once again, excellent description and a good summer read for children aged 10 to 13.

One of the best!

A Handful of Time was one of the most interesting, awesome books I have ever read by the best author! Patricia finds a old watch and goes back to the time when her mother was a kid. Extremly good.

I beleive This book was very well writen.

I loved this book it had a gret a beggining and ending. This book inspires kids and teens to try to uncover the secrets of there own life how they can change. I give this book two thumbs way, way up and as many as stars as I could fit on a page. IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing

This book is about a girl who finds an old watch that, every time she turns it it takes her back in time. A very, very good book. I can't say how good this book was. Everyone I know that has read it says it is very good and it is one of there favorite books. So read it. Trust me it won't be a waste of time!!!

Outstanding!

This would have to be one of the best books I have ever read in my life. I love how the watch took Patricia back in time. When it did I felt like I was going back in time too. I reccomend it to anyone who likes very detailed writing