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Why it matters
It uses time travel to explore uncertainty, friendship, and living in the present.
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2025 selection · Young readers
A boy anxious about Y2K befriends a confused teenager who has arrived from the future.
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It uses time travel to explore uncertainty, friendship, and living in the present.
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You like tender speculative coming-of-age stories.
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