02477cam a2200421 i 4500 1592669531 TxAuBib 20240912120000.0 231021s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781665948517 hardcover 1665948515 hardcover (OCoLC)1405188016 TxAuBib rda Marr, Shirley, author. Countdown to yesterday / by Shirley Marr. First edition. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2024] ©2024. 259 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change gets a "Space Oddity" sci-fi twist in this moving middle grade novel about one boy's journey to go back in time to prevent his parents' divorce. The present is the last place James wants to be. Since his parents have separated, he's been living two different lives and neither of them add up to the great one he used to have. He thinks about his Top Six memories and wonders if he can go back. During National Science Week, James meets the enigmatic Yan, a girl who looks at the world with x-ray eyes, and discovers that time travel might be possible after all. The two budding scientists' quest to restore James's lost past brings them into contact with retro Australian Women's Weekly birthday cakes, old Commodore computers, chaotic rideshare vehicles of the future, and spacemen. But as they get closer to their goal, James is forced to consider that his favorite moments from his personal history may not be as perfect as he remembers them. Ages 8-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Grades 7-9. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 20240912. Time travel Juvenile fiction. Dysfunctional families Juvenile fiction. Divorce Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Children of separated parents Juvenile fiction. Scientists Juvenile fiction. Australia Juvenile fiction. Science fiction Juvenile fiction. Juvenile fiction. Simon and Schuster, Inc., publisher. TXKPL