23 Minutes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781629794419)

A teen girl races against the clock to prevent a terrible tragedy in this time travel suspense thriller that will keep middle grade and young adult readers on the edges of their seats

By both society's measure and her own, fifteen-year-old Zoe Mahar is pretty much a loser. Then one day she ducks into Spencerport Savings and Loan simply to get out of the rain--and witnesses a bank robbery gone horrifyingly wrong.

The good news is that Zoe has a unique ability: she can play back time and repeat events. But it's not an unlimited deal--she can only jump 23 minutes, and her first playback creates an even more disastrous outcome. Zoe has only ten tries to get it right before this particular 23 minutes becomes irreversible. But in the process of trying to become the heroine she doesn't believe she can be, Zoe will learn about herself--and realize that there is more to who she is than she thought.

Author: Vivian Vande Velde
ISBN-10: 1629794414
ISBN-13: 9781629794419
Publisher: Astra Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2016
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 180930 / 23 Minutes


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2016
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 96
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2016 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 144 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Vivian Vande Velde is the author of numerous fantasy and speculative-fiction novels for children and teenagers, many of which were ALA Best Books for Young Adults. She won the Edgar Award for Never Trust a Dead Man, which was also named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She lives in Rochester, New York. Visit vivianvandevelde.com.