The Archivist by Christy Sloat
Genre: Upper YA
Series: The Librarian Chronicles #2 (companion novels)
"With the whimsy of Alice in Wonderland and the romance of Outlander dive back into the next installment in the Librarian Chronicles."
Savannah Preston has a rare and precious gift: The ability to time travel through books. She, and others who share this unique ability, are faced with the insurmountable task of preserving history. They are known collectively as The Librarians.
While researching infamous Scottish outlaw Sir Malcolm Wash during the raging conflicts of the 14th Century, Savannah loses the only thing that tethers her to her own time. She must rely on her knowledge of both the present and the past to survive long enough to find a way home. Along the way, she enlists the help of a misfit named Eoin. With his guidance, she might just get home. It’s a risky and dangerous adventure, but then, so is Eoin…
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Excerpt
My
room was a shelter from the sadness and reminder of how different I was here at
this school. At least in here I was who I was meant to be. I wasn’t Savannah
the lost girl, I was the traveler, the archivist. The girl with a destiny to
record history. If people really knew what I did, I wondered how they would
treat me then. Would teachers still ignore my raised hand as often? Would guys
notice me or want to date me? Closing the door behind me helped me to block out
the bad thoughts.
I
cracked open the book and sniffed it. Sniffing books was so satisfying and
albeit weird, but if you were a book lover, you did it. Sitting back and
getting comfortable I began reading the first page. It was hard not to travel
through a book when I read it. It was entirely possible to travel through books
that were fiction, once I started my duty as a Librarian. When I did, it felt
like the book was now a movie playing live just for me. Everything was in front
of me, close enough to touch, but you knew you shouldn't. I didn’t care for it
that way, so I usually removed my bracelet and read, the old-fashioned way. But
today, I kept it on to practice my skills at reading without moving through the
book. That required more focus, but it was important to learn.
A
few minutes into the book I heard a sound that made me stop reading and listen.
It sounded like music, but there was no music down here, and with the thick
flooring above me it was impossible to hear anything from the library.
There
it was again, faint but still loud enough for me to pick up on. Listening
carefully, I realized it was bagpipes. I put the book down and got up to
investigate the sound. It wasn’t coming from outside, so I stopped and listened
with my eyes closed. It was in the room somewhere. Not my cell phone, I had
checked that. When I got close to where we hid the book I was currently
traveling through, the sound got louder and louder. I pulled it free from its
hiding spot and it was vibrating with the sound of Scottish bagpipes playing a
melodious tune.
Absentmindedly
opening the book, I turned to the page I was last on, to see what the devil was
going on. Before I knew it, I was being pulled into the book, even as I tried
to hold onto the present time, I realized it was hopeless. I was going in
whether I wanted to or not.
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About the Author
Christy Sloat resides in New Jersey with her husband, two daughters and her Chihuahua, Sophie. Christy has embraced the love of reading and writing since her youth and was inspired by her grandmother's loving support. She loves adventurous journeys with her friends and can be known to get lost inside a bookstore. She is the bestselling author of fourteen novels including, The Librarian, The Visitors Series, The Past Lives Series and the award-winning Slumber Duology.
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