The Unintentional Time Traveler
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9781590216613
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by Everett Maroon
Fifteen-year-old Jack Bishop has mad skills with cars and engines, but knows he’ll never get a driver’s license because of his epilepsy. Agreeing to participate in an experimental clinical trial to find new treatments for his disease, he finds himself in a completely different body—that of a girl his age, Jacqueline, who defies the expectations of her era. Since his seizures usually give him spazzed out visions, Jack presumes this is a hallucination. Feeling fearless, he steals a horse, expecting that at any moment he’ll wake back up in the clinical trial lab. When that doesn't happen, Jacqueline falls unexpectedly in love, even as the town in the past becomes swallowed in a fight for its survival. Jack/Jacqueline is caught between two lives and epochs, and must find a way to save everyone around him as well as himself. And all the while, he is losing time, even if he is getting out of algebra class.
Paperback, 236 pages
Fifteen-year-old Jack Bishop has mad skills with cars and engines, but knows he’ll never get a driver’s license because of his epilepsy. Agreeing to participate in an experimental clinical trial to find new treatments for his disease, he finds himself in a completely different body—that of a girl his age, Jacqueline, who defies the expectations of her era. Since his seizures usually give him spazzed out visions, Jack presumes this is a hallucination. Feeling fearless, he steals a horse, expecting that at any moment he’ll wake back up in the clinical trial lab. When that doesn't happen, Jacqueline falls unexpectedly in love, even as the town in the past becomes swallowed in a fight for its survival. Jack/Jacqueline is caught between two lives and epochs, and must find a way to save everyone around him as well as himself. And all the while, he is losing time, even if he is getting out of algebra class.
Paperback, 236 pages
"The writing is funny, smart, and crisp. Maroon keeps the action clipping along, each chapter brushes on a new layer to Jack’s dilemma..." - Cooper Lee Bombardier for Lambda Literary
"All and all, an entertaining and fun read, but don’t mistake the brisk pacing, crisp prose, and clear characterization as being “simple”, either. This book is well worth reading, and I recommend it particularly for LGBTQ young adults, young adults who enjoy science fiction and fantasy, and high school and public librarians who would like to add some stories with LGBTQ main characters to their collection." - J.S. Kuiken
"One of the first transgender YA books by a transgender author, this book is unusual in that it features a character of non-binary gender who also has a disability. The protagonist deals with epilepsy throughout, but make no mistake — it’s a fantasy, science fiction type of book at its heart with romance and action mixed in." - Germ Magazine
You can read an interview with Everett Maroon at the GayYA blog here.
"All and all, an entertaining and fun read, but don’t mistake the brisk pacing, crisp prose, and clear characterization as being “simple”, either. This book is well worth reading, and I recommend it particularly for LGBTQ young adults, young adults who enjoy science fiction and fantasy, and high school and public librarians who would like to add some stories with LGBTQ main characters to their collection." - J.S. Kuiken
"One of the first transgender YA books by a transgender author, this book is unusual in that it features a character of non-binary gender who also has a disability. The protagonist deals with epilepsy throughout, but make no mistake — it’s a fantasy, science fiction type of book at its heart with romance and action mixed in." - Germ Magazine
You can read an interview with Everett Maroon at the GayYA blog here.