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The Body Electric

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8
Page count: 9
Categories: Time Travel

Author

Neal
Shusterman

Appeared in

Mindworks

Story Summary

Two boys, unknown to each other, one named Bell and one named Edison, are jolted back in time by a massive lighting strike to the year 1860. They are both destined for a life of invention and one of the greatest rivalries of the 19th century.