Sixteen minutes
"Seventeen-year-old Nell's hometown of Clawson is two hours south of nothin' and just north of nowhere. Her prospects after high school are bleak: She could either be a checkout girl at the grocery store or a guard at the local prison. Instead of worrying about her future, she focuses on the here an...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nancy Paulsen Books,
2024.
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| Summary: | "Seventeen-year-old Nell's hometown of Clawson is two hours south of nothin' and just north of nowhere. Her prospects after high school are bleak: She could either be a checkout girl at the grocery store or a guard at the local prison. Instead of worrying about her future, she focuses on the here and now: on her boyfriend, Cole, and the wonder of the starry nights they spend kissing at the quarry and the thrill they feel when they hold hands and plunge deep into the waters below--feeling like the universe could belong to them. Even if the reality is that they'll never get out of Clawson. But the idea of what's possible or not in this life drastically changes when Charlotte walks into their lives senior year. Her arrival is strange enough: No one moves to Clawson. But stranger still, Cole somehow knows the pretty new girl. When Nell asks him how, he won't say. So Nell and their friend Stevie B start digging around. Soon they discover secret texts about plans to meet at the quarry, and high-tech gadgets and newspaper clippings seemingly from the future. There's clearly something unsettling happening between Cole and Charlotte, but Nell can't fathom what, and the idea that she could lose Cole leaves her breathless. When Nell and Stevie B finally confront Charlotte about who she is, her explanation feels impossible: Could Charlotte really be from the future? Nell's, Cole's, and Stevie B's paths always seemed set in stone. Now Charlotte offers the trio the opportunity to live lives they could only dream about. But time traveling is dangerous, and Nell isn't sure this is a future she wants. The only questions remaining are: Who will take the leap, and who will be left behind? With lyrical prose and a voice that pulses and aches, 'Sixteen Minutes' is an otherworldly time-travel adventure about the expansiveness of the universe and love." -- |
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| Physical Description: | 331 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 12+ Grades 7-9. |
| ISBN: | 9780593620052 0593620054 |
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