Anne Hawksmoor: The Time Traveller is the first book in the Anne Hawksmoor series. It follows the time-travelling adventures of eleven-year-old Anne Hawksmoor during her visit from Chicago to Greenwich and the Tower of London in England.

Anne is a bullied pre-teen who finds herself unable to relate to her peers at school. Every day after school, she seeks refuge in the Chicago Public Library, where she discovers her passion for history, science, and math.

In Book One, during a summer vacation, Anne and her cousin Claire travel to visit their aunt Marjorie and cousin John in Greenwich, England. It is during their trip to the Tower of London that Anne and Claire go back in time to 1548 and embark on an unexpected adventure with the young King Edward and his servant James.