Publisher's Synopsis
"When Kristi Connors and Ty Jordan stole a time machine from their time-meddling sixth grade teacher, they discovered they can alter history. Maybe . . . for the better? Ty's always struggled to understand life in the late eighteenth century. The new United States, fresh off its victory over England in the Revolution, celebrated its freedom with balls, fairs, and crisp, new flags flying from every flagpole. But when slavers fly the same flag, he wonders why that same freedom isn't offered to African-American men and women. Two hundred thirty years later, Kristi discovers an old family tree, tracing back to 1854. Her ancestors were slaves! Her great-great-grandfather actually escaped on the Underground Railroad, but lost his younger brother to slave catchers along the way. Can she go back and save him? And how will that change the present, if she does? Travel with Kristi and Ty to the American South in 1858, just two years before the sla
