A mysterious pottery shard . . . A haunted cabin . . . A shadowy stranger . . . And no way home Present Day: Jim has a talent for getting into trouble. Grounded from his model rockets, he goes exploring where he shouldn't and gets zapped back in time. Can he find the way back home or is he marooned in the past? 1838: Hannah's life in her frontier village is filled with a little play and a lot of hard work. A seemingly harmless trick lures a strange, dazed boy from the old haunted cabin. Now Hannah must make a choice - and face the dangers. Together, Jim and Hannah struggle to unmask a thief and solve a murder while they search for the key to unlock time. It will take all their courage and wits, plus the rocket motors in Jim's pocket, just to stay alive. Through the Shimmer of Time is full of adventure and mystery for any pre-teen history and time-travel lovers, especially those who have outgrown the Magic Tree House series.