{"id":9247,"date":"2026-04-13T12:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:19:06","slug":"the-mirror-in-time","status":"publish","type":"our-books","link":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mirror in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible.That evening they stood in front of a 150 year-old mirror, and their lives were forever changed.Can two boys from the 21st century survive in the turbulent years just before the civil war?Can the mirror that took them back in time return them to the present?And after meeting the freckle faced, red-headed and fun Laura, will Ryan want to come home again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible.That evening they stood in front of a 150 year-old mirror, and their lives were forever changed.Can two boys from the 21st century survive in the turbulent years just before the civil war?Can the mirror that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1210,"template":"","book_tag":[1051],"age_group":[29],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[144],"class_list":["post-9247","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-scary-books","age_group-books-for-10-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-bill-martin-jr"],"yoast_title":"The Mirror in Time | Age 10+ | Little Reads","yoast_metadesc":"Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible. Age 10+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Mirror in Time | Age 10+ | Little Reads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible. Age 10+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Mirror in Time | Age 10+ | Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible. Age 10+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T12:19:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"445\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Mirror in Time | Age 10+ | Little Reads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T12:32:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-21T12:19:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible. Age 10+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg\",\"width\":280,\"height\":445,\"caption\":\"Cover of The Mirror in Time by Bill Martin\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-mirror-in-time\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our Library\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Mirror in Time\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"name\":\"Little Reads\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Reading Mate\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg\",\"width\":337,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Reading Mate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Mirror in Time | Age 10+ | Little Reads","description":"Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible. Age 10+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Mirror in Time | Age 10+ | Little Reads","og_description":"Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible. Age 10+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","og_url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/","og_site_name":"Little Reads","article_modified_time":"2026-04-21T12:19:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":280,"height":445,"url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/","name":"The Mirror in Time | Age 10+ | Little Reads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-13T12:32:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-21T12:19:06+00:00","description":"Ryan and Ben were intrigued when Mr. Kramer, their middle school science teacher, told them that time travel was possible. Age 10+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1714999101_6638cf3ddc84b.jpg","width":280,"height":445,"caption":"Cover of The Mirror in Time by Bill Martin"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-mirror-in-time\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our Library","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Mirror in Time"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","name":"Little Reads","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization","name":"Reading Mate","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg","width":337,"height":69,"caption":"Reading Mate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books\/9247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our-books"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_tag?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"book_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_type?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"book_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author?post=9247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}