Title: The Time Travelers
1The Time Travelers
- Group Members Hope Tarrant
2Chapter one The Setting
- 21st Century Derbyshire, England
- 16th Century Derbyshire, England
- Various Villages around rural England
- Kates old Elementary school
- The Byng Manor
3Chapter two Characters
- Kate Dyer Kate Dyer is the second main character
in the novel The Time Travelers by Linda
Buckley-Archer. She is a protagonist. The entire
plot revolves around her and Peter Schock being
sent into 1763 Derbyshire, London from the 21st
century by an anti-matter and anti-gravity
machine created by a colleague of Kates father. -
- 21st Appearance Has fiery red hair down to her
waist, wears a long, green dress with white
frills around the edges. Almost like a 16th
century dress but used for farming. Wears socks
and blue tennis shoes. -
- 16th Appearance Same hair style and dress but
wears breeches and stockings instead of just
socks.
4Characters (cont.)
- Peter Shock Son of a business man who isnt
always around, Peter was promised to go out for
his birthday but was declined again. Their maid
Gertrude brought an angry peter to the Dyer
family where he met Kate and her family. Not
seeing as how she can live like this hes grown
curious of Kate. Although they become good
friends, its put to the test when they get
sucked into 1763. - 21st Appearance Wears a gray t-shirt with a dark
blue nylon jacket, light blue jeans and light
blue sneakers. Dark brown hair, almost like a
bed-head. - 16th Appearance Wears the same blue jeans and
shoes, but wears a brown coat with coattails and
frills around the edges of the sleeves.
5Characters (Cont.)
- Gideon Seymour A gentleman and cutpurse, he has
a very bad reputation with the Tar Man, a vicious
crime lord. He is now wanted by thieves and
cutpurses alike. His party was recently captured
by Ned Porter. One of the most infamous
highwaymen in Derbyshire. - 16th Century Appearance Wears black dress pants
and a dark brown suit with long coattails, has
brown hair and blue eyes. But sometimes wears a
hat over his hair, as to keep his identity hidden.
6Characters (Cont.)
- Parson Ledbury A parson for the Byng family and
his sister, Mrs. Byng. He has a volatile hatred
towards Gideon since he is a cutpurse. But
nonetheless, Mrs. Byng hired him because of his
extensive knowledge of Derbyshires landscape. - 16th Century Appearance Wears a white judges
wig under a brown captains hat. Brown breeches
and a long sleeved dark brown waistcoat.
7Characters (cont.)
- Ned Porter A highway man part of the Carrick
Gang, but works alone. He ambushed Gideon and
party, but dies from a shot to the right lung by
Joe. One of the brothers in the gang. Hannah
tries to tend to him, but he dies shortly
afterwards, but not before telling a little about
Gideon to Peter. He grows curious and scared
about Gideon. - 16th Century Appearance Wears a sky blue suit
with black dress shoes. The top jacket has coat
tails and he holds a pistol in an inside pocket
of his trousers.
8Chapter Four Plot
- Peter and Kate two ordinary kids from England
meet by chance, not knowing that an incredible
adventure awaits them. A visit to Kates fathers
lab ended with them falling into the clutches of
a so called anti-gravity machine. Somehow they
activate it, and travel back in time to 1763.
Gideon Seymour, cutpurse and gentleman, who had
troubled childhood, watches with awe as the two
children and the odd machine appear out of
nowhere. Someone else sees it too--a villain
nicknamed the Tar Man. Before Kate and Peter
realize what has happened to them, the Tar Man
made off with the device--taking with him their
only way home. Fortunately, Gideon comes to help
the young travelers after the Tar Man stole all
their interesting 21st century items. With
Gideons help, Kate and Peter might be able to
find the machine again...but first they must
survive being plunged into the 18th century, with
all its funny smells, strange foods, and, most
alarmingly, its terrible highwaymen...Kate and
Peter slowly overcome the shock, although they
want to return to their century badly. But Gideon
has his own problems. He is on the run from his
previous shady life--and the ruthless Tar Man is
after him, determined to bring him back into the
past he wants to forget.
9 Chapter five Mood
I think the mood of my story is
curious/dangerous. Curious like an odd mood. One
instance of this mood is Lord Luxon eyed him
with such distaste and thought of his cedar wood
chests in 1763, specially imported from Italy,
and the layers of exquisite silks they
containedAlthough the current fashion for body
piercing, tattoos, and hair dyes in the wildest
of colors was tempting - indeed, it might be
amusing to have his navel pierced and a ruby, or
perhaps a diamond or two inserted. Another
instance of the mood is Faith! He could even
have his own coat of arms tattooed on his
shoulder! How deliciously unseemly! Lord Luxon
looked around him, still smiling. What a
transformation this new millennium had worked on
him. Little wonder, he thought, that the Tar Man,
his errant henchman, had become so attached to
this age of wonders. A third instance of the
mood is The Tar Man retrieved his throbbing
hand and pulled both of Kates arms behind her
back. The Tar Man dragged Kate backwards into the
fortune-tellers tent. The woman, still shaken
from her sighting of Kate earlier, was sitting at
a small table and drinking gin from a pewter mug.
She looked up unexpectantly, composing her face
into a pleasant smile for her latest customer.
The smile withered on her face. Ill thank you
to hold your tongue, madam, He said holding the
struggling Kate in one hand and a knife to the
womans throat with the other.
10Chapter six Theme and resolution
I think the theme was a destiny between two
different walks of life, a boy and a girl,
meeting each other and becoming friends. Than a
turn for the worst when a accidental time
traveling mishap strands them in 1763, meeting
Gideon. Then in the next two books it has to deal
with them stopping Lord Luxon from killing George
Washington the night he stood in the boat to
cross Delaware river. But Lord Luxon did still
kill him. There was no resolution since this was
a trilogy series.