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Valentine, Nicole. A TIME TRAVELER'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 2019. IL 5-8 ISBN 9781541555389 2 booktalks |
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Booktalk #1 Finn is not excited about his upcoming thirteenth birthday. It only reminds him of losing his twin sister, Faith, in the Dorset, Vermont, marble quarry at age 3. Now it is 10 years later, and Finn’s mother has gone missing with no explanation. “She just needs some time,” says Finn’s father, but it doesn’t help Finn feel any better. When Finn’s dad drops him off at his gran’s house for the weekend, Finn discovers the fantastical truth: the women in his family are time travelers and his mother has disappeared into another timeline to save his sister. With the help of his best friend Gabi, Finn embarks on an incredible journey through time. Read A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity to see if Finn can rescue not only his sister, but also his entire family. (Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards, 2021) Booktalk #2 Finn is used to people in his life disappearing. He lost his twin sister when she drowned when they were three, and his mom left them a few months ago. The only comforts he has is his best friend Gabi and physics books. Then he goes to visit his grandmother and things are strange. She tells him that the women in his family can travel through time and his mom is trapped somewhere on the timeline. The only one who can save her is Finn, but there’s more at stake than Finn realizes! Can he save his mom? Do other people know about time travel? Who can he trust! (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2021-2022) |
| SUBJECTS: Time travel -- Juvenile fiction. Paranormal fiction. Secrets -- Juvenile fiction. Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Vermont -- Juvenile fiction. Science fiction. Vermont -- Juvenile fiction. |
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