Language: PG (5 swears (diety) 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (bully)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ESSENTIAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
12yo Michael is worried about Y2K. He has heard that everything might shut down and he's started stockpiling a few things under his bed, things his mom would like, like peaches. But when 17yo Ridge appears at the apartment complex, and tells Michael and 16yo Ginny he's a time traveler from 200 years in the future, Michael really wants to know what the future holds for him and the world. But Ridge is in trouble with his own family, and shouldn't be here in the first place, he's not going to risk breaking protocol and causing a break in the time continuum. He just wants to go home.
I really liked how Kelly tells the story from both times, so it's Science Fiction told in an Historical Period. The action is exciting, it's fun reading about Ridge experiencing things he's only studied about. The science talk in the future isn't over our heads; all the technical stuff is really just jargon, the pages about the future are in a different font which helps readers keep track of which time. Although there's a time traveling kid with his own problems, the story is really about Michael, who has a mom who works a lot, he worries about starting 7th grade and the stuff going on around his neighborhood. The cover illustration shows Michael as Black.
Lisa Librarian
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