What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I'm a librarian and a patron came to me looking for a book. They didn't remember the title or who it is written by. From what she told me it was a book she saw in her elementary class that she would read every year to her students. All she can recall is that the book was about two brothers visiting their ancestral land. One of the brothers find a stone that looks like a turtle. A brother then hits his head and wakes up back in time. The book takes place in Michigan during indigenous times. She remembered a part in the plot where the boy meets an indigenous woman who is married to a fur trader. The book is just about the boy learning about the history of the indigenous people.

Long shot: Saturday, The Twelfth of October?

Daisy wrote: "Long shot: Saturday, The Twelfth of October?"

I looked at the description of the book and this isn't the book we are looking for. But thank you for trying.

Lys, around what year did she start reading this book?

Did touching the turtle-shaped stone cause the two brothers to travel back in time?

I copied some book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

Kris wrote: "Lys, around what year did she start reading this book?

Did touching the turtle-shaped stone cause the two brothers to travel back in time?

I copied some book details to the topic header. Feel fre..."

Sadly, I wrote all she told me about the book. She is looking for it along with me. It was just a book she liked reading to her students in her class. She contacted me to say that she will ask an old coworker to see if they know what the book is.

I got a call from the patron. She figured out the book but now I can't remember the title she told me. But the book is part of the Dream-Quest series

Should be easy to locate then. Search LibraryThing.com for dream quest, click series at left. Dream Quest Adventure.
https://www.librarything.com/nseries/...

Of those four books it looks like it is Traders in Time.
https://www.librarything.com/work/138...
Traders in Time: A Dream-Quest Adventure
by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
Series: Dream Quest Adventure
Traders in Time: A Dream-Quest Adventure
Panagopoulos' award winning novel about Nicholas and Christopher, brothers who find themselves trapped in an 18th-century world of fur traders and Indians, has become a classic. A Historical- Fiction adventure tale about Great Lakes history, featuring Madame LaFramboise. Kids love the excitement of a great canoe race, while teachers appreciate the historical, fact-based details in this fun and educationally engaging story. A true classic.

bookel's suggestion of Traders in Time: A Dream-Quest Adventure by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos sounds like the book.

Amazon's preview:
https://www.amazon.com/Traders-Time-D...

Quotes from the book:
- Nicholas, Chris's eight-year old brother paused for a moment.
... School was out and he could spend the whole summer exploring the woods and beach around his home in the small Michigan city of Grand Haven.
... "Ouch, that hurts! I hit something!"
... "Hey! I think I found something in the sand. It's a rock."
... "...it looks like a turtle warrior. Yeah, that's it. You can see it arms and legs."

Thanks all for the help. I will be sure to write this down in case someone asks about it again.