Lauren Thoman

There were a lot of viewpoints in the back-and-forth storytelling via several characters. Being a time travel book, I had to concentrate in the beginning of who was when. Justin Warren has had a hard time of it, especially having to live up to his family name gracing the school his grandparents died in when his mother was a toddler. After putting in an appearance at a school party and being summarily told to leave, Justin heads home, crossing the rainy bridge when he sees a figure in the road and swerves into the river. When he wakes up, Rose Yin, stepdaughter of a mayoral candidate, gives him a ride and believes his story about what time he came from. When he discovers it is shortly before the fire that takes his grandparents, Justin figures he is in 1985 to save them. The young adult viewpoints resonate in both time periods. It's long, it's a mystery, it's coming of age and so very good.… (mehr)