Monday, August 3, 2015

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares



The Here and Now by Ann Brashares is a time travel book for young adults.

Prenna and her mother were living in the late 2000's The world is warm, wet, and full of death carried by mosquitoes. The Blood Plagues killed Prenna's two younger brothers along with many others. A group of about a thousand decide to travel back in time to 2010. They have 12 rules which basically mean "Don't mess with the current time."

Prenna and her "time native" friend Ethan discover that there is a single event that changes time to the horror that Prenna left. Should they try to change it? Have they pinpointed the correct event?

Kathi Linz