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The Ancient One

While helping her Great Aunt Melanie try to protect an Oregon redwood forest from loggers, thirteen-year-old Kate goes back five centuries through a time tunnel and faces the evil creature Gashra, who is bent on destroying the same forest.

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Main Author: Barron, T. A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Philomel Books, 1992.
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Time travel > Young adult fiction.
Conservation of natural resources > Young adult fiction.
Fantasy fiction > Young adult
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Summary:While helping her Great Aunt Melanie try to protect an Oregon redwood forest from loggers, thirteen-year-old Kate goes back five centuries through a time tunnel and faces the evil creature Gashra, who is bent on destroying the same forest.
Item Description:Companion vol. to: Heartlight.
Physical Description:367 p. : ill, map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0399218998
Author Notes:Born Thomas Archibald Barron in 1952, author T. A. Barron grew up in Colorado's "ranch country". He graduated from Princeton University and also attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Before writing, Barron had a successful career as a venture capitalist manager in New York City. In 1989, Barron became a full time writer and conservationist. Many of his books incorporate nature and ecological concern into their themes, garnering him two Nautilus Visionary Book Awards in 2005 and 2007. He has also received International Reading Association and American Library Association awards for his works. He resides in Colorado with his wife, Currie and their children.

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