Stanton,
Angie. Waking in Time. 2017. 360p. ISBN 978-1-630790707. Available at FIC STA
on the library shelves.
It’s a new
chapter in Abbi’s life. She’s heading to college. On her way there, Abbi stops
by her grandmother’s grave. The most important person in Abbi’s life, she died
before her granddaughter moved to her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin.
The day after Abbi receives a hat box filled with grandmother’s memories, she
wakes up in 1983. Abbi meets Professor Smith, a physics instructor, who
reassures her they have met in the past, and he is working on preventing her
from traveling through time. And he tells her there is one more time traveler.
On her next jump back she meets Will, who also travels in time, but in his case
he jumps forward. He tells here they’re an item and fall madly in love in the
past. As Abbi jumps backward, she discovers that she her fate and that of her
family is tied to Will and to Professor Smith. Can she hang on to her true love
when they travel in different directions?
Stanton creates
an intricate and well-crafted tale with the added twist of a second time
traveler in the opposite direction. Abbi and Will’s growing relationship is
enhanced by the time travel effect, with one party always knowing more than the
other about what has happened, whether in the past or in the future. The
setting itself is limited to the Liz Waters dormitory and surrounding areas of
the campus, but each time period is well researched. Enough hints are present
throughout the story to suggest what will occur, but the it remains filled with
mysteries and revelations that will surprise the reader. Fans of Kierstin
Gier’s Ruby Red trilogy and of time travel will enjoy Abbi’s travels
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