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Every spring, twelve-year-old McKinley’s home town throws a giant party called the Time Hop, to celebrate a single year in history. And ever since she learned that this year’s theme is 1993, McKinley has been dying to enter the Time Hop fashion show with a killer ’90s outfit she’s designed and sewn all on her own—and maybe get a second away from her super-scheduled dad. But when the day of the Time Hop finally rolls around, McKinley somehow finds herself thrown back in time to the real 1993—and it’s not all kitschy parachute pants and Jurassic Park, either. All McKinley wants is to return to the present, but before she can, she’s going to have to make a big change . . . if only she can figure out what that change might be.
awards!
A Junior Library Guild selection
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
A Publishers Weekly 2023 Summer Read
state lists!
New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award
praise!
Publishers Weekly
“With classic Back to the Future flair, Graff employs snarky prose and abundant early 1990s callbacks to explore issues surrounding fate, destiny, and connection in this immersive, laugh-out-loud time-travel novel that highlights friendship, acceptance, and intergenerational bonds via one 12-year-old’s wish to find a place—or time—in which she truly belongs.”
School Library Journal
“In beloved author Graff’s latest effort . . . McKinley suddenly finds herself transported back in time to 1993. With help from Meg’s mom—then, a middle schooler herself—McKinley searches for a way back, all while learning what supportive friendship can look like . . . Graff makes sure to nod to time travel predecessors such as Madeleine L’Engle and H.G. Wells, and immerses readers in everything 1990s, from the cultural references to the chapter titles, each of which is a hit song from the era. Fans of Graff will surely gravitate towards this approachable middle grade story with a splash of sci-fi.”
Booklist
“While folding in funny touches, quaint detail, and wrenching family drama, the author expertly opens up her characters, allowing readers to understand how we are all works in progress.”
Kirkus
“Bright and energetic.”
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