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4-6Horace J. Edwards and the Time Keepers series.
Twelve-year-old Time Keeper Horace (The Secret of the Scarab Beetle) finds a new time portal, landing him and his friends in 1920s Detroit. There they find Horace's mentor, who instructs them to find and protect the powerful Benben Stone to prevent further destruction of portals and save the Time Keepers from a mysterious threat. Unfortunately, this second book's lackluster plot detracts from the historical intrigue.