

I can’t stress enough how important these things are. There’s a starting point to the discussion through her books and they’re always so eye opening. It all felt so realistic and I love how the author brings these important discussions and issues to middle grade novels.

It was all so heartbreaking but it was worth it. There was so much to be discussed from love and loss to trauma and healing. Everything felt so raw and painful, it was like being right there with them every step of the way. Seeing how the people around them reacted. Both coping with what happened in their own way. We got a look into both their struggles after the tragedy and trauma. Jasmine Warga has a way of writing her main characters that just leaves you attached days after closing the book. These girls entered my heart immediately. We start off with two points of view, Cora and Quinn. I can’t explain how amazing this book is. After reading Other Words For Home I just knew I was going to want to read this and I’m so glad that I did. Jasmine Warga has a way of making you constantly emotional. Thank you to Balzer + Bray for the gifted review copy in exchange for an honest review! But as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of time travel to save their siblings, they learn that the magic of their friendship may actually be the key to saving themselves. And so the two former friends begin working together to open a wormhole in the fabric of the universe. In spite of herself, Cora wants to believe. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever-and stop him. On the day of Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. Author: Jasmine Warga // Published: ★★ ★ ★Ĭora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year.ĭespite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief.
