Language: PG (1 swear 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (reference to a school shooting, injury in a creek);
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
12yo Quinn and her next door neighbor Cora have been best friends their whole lives. Until last November, when Cora's sister Mabel died in a school shooting. Quinn's brother Parker was the shooter. They haven't spoken since, it's been terrible for each of them, but Quinn feels somehow responsible, like she should have known, like she should have stopped him. Actually, Cora does, too. She can't help but blame Quinn. So when Quinn has a plan, and Cora sees that they both need to be involved for it to work, they agree to try. To find a wormhole and go back in time to try to fix things, to stop Parker somehow.
Told in alternating chapters, both Cora and Quinn are grieving, but differently. Cora is so angry, she has other friends still and visits a therapist every week, but isn't sure it's helping. Quinn's parents won't talk about what happened with Quinn and fight with each other all the time. Quinn has no friends at school - everyone avoids her. She didn't try out for the soccer team and spends lunch every day in the library. A fascinating look at the effect on the family of a school shooting. Quinn is while, Cora's father is from Lebanon.
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