Waking in Time

Description

Still mourning the loss of her beloved grandmother and shaken by her mysterious, dying request to "find the baby", Abbi has arrived at uni to start her first year. But on her second day, she wakes up to a different world: 1983. That is just the first stop on Abbi's journey backwards through time. Will is a charming student from 1927 who travels forwards through time. When Abbi and Will meet in the middle, love adds another complication to their lives. Communicating across time through a buried time capsule, they try to decode the mystery of their travel, find the lost baby and plead with their champion, a kindly physics tutor, to help them find each other again ... even though the tutor gets younger each time Abbi meets him. This page-turning story full of romance, twists and delightful details about uni life then and now will stay with readers long after the book's satisfying end. AGES: 14-18

Angie Stanton is a life-long daydreamer who grew up with her hands on a book and her head in the clouds. As an adult she's learned to put her talent to good use and writes contemporary fiction about life, love, and the adventures that follow. She is the best selling author of eight novels including Rock and a Hard Place, and Love 'em or Leave 'em. Angie has a Journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin. In her spare time, she sneaks off to New York City to enjoy the best entertainment experience on earth, Broadway. She is currently working on a series of Broadway-themed books, and is also a contributing editor to BroadwayWorld.com.

...Abbi's interactions with family members she has never met are charming, and snapshots of college life in different time periods add interest.-- "Publishers Weekly" Stanton delivers a delightful time-travel romance in this tale of Abbi and Will, two Midwestern college students hurtling through the 20th century in opposite directions. . . . The romance is believable, the time-travel mechanism is complex, and the ending...[is] quite satisfying. This well-constructed narrative reads like Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife for a teen audience. Recommended for all YA collections.-- "School Library Journal" STARRED REVIEW! Stanton creates an intricate and well-crafted tale with the added twist of a second time traveler moving in the opposite direction. . . .Enough hints are present throughout the story to suggest what will occur, but it remains filled with mysteries and revelations that will surprise the reader. Fans of Kierstin Gier's Ruby Red trilogy and of time travel will enjoy Abbi's travels.-- "VOYA" STARRED REVIEW! This is a fantastic read for anyone looking for a suspenseful, romantic novel.-- "VOYA" The plot is gripping, and the story is a page-turner. . . .This book will appeal to science fiction fans, as well as people who enjoy a good love story.-- "VOYA"