Felix tries to impress his crush Lily, who was adopted from China, by trying to take her back in time to learn about her native country, but when his twin Maisie catches him, the it is only the twins who are transported to a small village on the Yangtze River during the time just before the Boxer Rebellion, where they are chased by bandits and must flee to Shanghai.
year: 2012
call number/section: 1000
subjects: buck, pearl s, (pearl sydenstricker), 1892-1973, fiction, space and time, fiction, siblings, twins, mansions, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / general, adventure, historical fiction, china, history, fiction, newport (r.i.)