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2''Time Out Of Time'' is a Fantasy Series by Maureen Doyle [=McQuerry=].
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4Timothy James Maxwell is your average nerd living an average life. He gets mocked by the AlphaBitch Jessica at school, is really into ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'', and best friends with his sister, Sarah. So, yeah, not exactly the most exciting guy around.
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6That is, until one day, against the wishes of his babysitter, Timothy leaves the front door open one night. What happens next is not something ANYONE would expect. A strange man enters his home and actually starts collecting the light. Some time later, Jessica actually approaches him, claiming to have some note relating to him. Some digging later, Timothy, Sarah, and Jessica soon find themselves drawn into a top secret magical world that's the source of all the world's mythology, and is currently fighting an age-old battle between good and evil.
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8The series was published on May 12, 2015. There's currently two books.
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10''Book 1: Beyond The Door''
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12''Book 2: The Telling Stone''
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15!!''Time Out Of Time'' contains examples of:
16* ActionGirl: Sarah, Jessica, and Cerridwyn.
17* AlphaBitch: Jessica is this in school towards Timothy. In real life, she's actually really nice.
18* BazaarOfTheBizarre: The Traveler's Market, where items both magical and not can be bought. Timothy, Sarah, and Jessica go there in the first book to find a cure for Timothy's mother's rat fever infection.
19* BigBad: Balor The One-Eyed. He wants nothing more than for the darkness to rule the Traveler's Market and make all mythology conform to the dark's wishes.
20* BystanderSyndrome: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] on Electra. She can only observe events as they happen, but must never interfere. If she does, she must return to her constellation and stay there permanently. [[spoiler:She ultimately trips up Mr. [=McMorn=] to save Timothy.]]
21* CanisMajor: Gwydon is a massive wolf with the ability to fly.
22* AChildShallLeadThem: Timothy is officially made the new keeper of the market in "The Telling Stone". However, since he still has school back home, he leaves Peter as interim keeper, while still popping in from time to time.
23* TheChosenOne: Timothy is the next Filidh, which is a person who is a keeper of legends and knows all mythology and tales in the world.
24* {{Cyclops}}: Balor is called the One-Eyed because he's a cyclops.
25* ForcedTransformation: Balor often turns people into animals that he keeps locked in cages.
26* {{Glamour}}: Balor uses this to disguise himself. He prefers a handsome, bronze-skinned man with wavy gold hair.
27* ImmediateSequel: "The Telling Stone" starts right after "Beyond The Door" ends.
28* IntangibleTheft: When the Greenman comes into Timothy's house at the beginning of "Beyond The Door", he takes the light (the actual light, not the light bulbs) in Timothy's house.
29* TheMedic: Jessica is discovered to be this in "The Telling Stone". She heals wounds by touching them, but expends some of her own energy to do so.
30* TheNapoleon: Tristan is very short in stature, and struts around the Travelers' Market like he owns it.
31* PlantPerson: The Greenman.
32* PuppetKing: Tristan acts as this for Balor (who {{Glamour}}s himself into his "Animal Tamer" disguise) in the Travelers' Market, since the new Filidh still hadn't been announced.
33* RatMen: Nom is very rat-like in appearance (in fact, he'd been transformed into a rat by Balor sometime before Timothy freed him). He also knows a lot about how rats think.
34* SecretLegacy: The role of the Filidh is passed down through the O'Daly family. O'Daly is Timothy's mom's maiden name.
35* SnakesAreSinister: Balor rides on a giant snake in the battle at the Travelers' Market. He brings it back to try and kill Timothy at Dunsinane.
36* WhenTreesAttack: During the battle against Balor and his forces in the Travelers' Market, the trees rise up from their resting places to aid the marketeers.
37* YouDirtyRat: A rat is sent to Timothy's house in "Beyond The Door". Nom manages to catch it, but Timothy's mom is given rat fever from a bite.

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