I read a book when I was a young teen in the early 70’s and can’t recall the title or author. It centered around a group of kids who were friends. I think they were very young teens, like I was at the time. They could stop time and go to the world of mythology. I’m pretty sure it was Greek mythology. I recall them being bored in school and being able to do this several times in class. I think they were helping the Greek gods, or at least trying to. I also remember one boy earning a bowl from a god, and in it he could have whatever he wanted to eat by just imagining it. It was the most amazing book–and it obviously left its mark!
Thanks so much and good luck! I’ve been wanting to find this book for many, many years!
Here are some guesses, not sure any get your memories quite right. Please enjoy the groovy 70s covers!
The Golden Shore by Elinor Lyon
An adventure in time and space in which two children find themselves living among the peasants of Ancient Greece.
Daughter of the Sea by Madeleine Polland
A Greek boy and an English girl are transported back in time to ancient Crete during its invasion by Greece.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1773617.Daughter_of_the_Sea?from_search=true&search_version=service
The Other Island by Margaret Leighton
While visiting archaeological excavations on an Aegean island, a fifteen-year-old girl and a young man resembling the Apollo statue experience an eerie glimpse of the ancient Greek world.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2361417.The_Other_Island?from_search=true&search_version=service
The Gods in Winter by Patricia Miles
When the Bramble family moves to a new home on the grounds of an estate in Derbyshire, England, they hire a woman for home help and become convinced that she is from a different time and place.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129639.The_Gods_in_Winter?from_search=true&search_version=service
When Half-Gods Go by Hannelore Valencak
Having separated from her boyfriend during their travels in Greece, a seventeen-year-old German girl meets an enchanting young man with an uncanny resemblance to the Greek god, Hermes.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4879588-when-half-gods-go?from_search=true&search_version=service