It's the last Saturday of August, the day that Jenni and her family settle into their condo for another last-week-of-summer vacation. Everything is perfectly planned out and organized, just like it always is. Jenni's best friend Autumn, however, has quite a different family. They are a family of artists and live a carefree life of joy and wide-eyes. On the first night, Autumn tells Jenni they're going horseback riding the next day. Nervous for it through the next morning, Autumn reminds Jenni to be at her condo at exactly two o'clock.
At two o'clock, Jenni heads towards Autumn's building and without paying attention, uses the old elevator. When she knocks on the door of 210, it's not Autumn or her family that answers the door; it's a woman that Jenni has never met. She says that this is her condo now and if she wants to find Autumn, she needs to go down a floor. But what she finds there is startling. Autumn has lost her sparkle, her dad is missing and her mother refuses to get out of bed. Where is Autumn's younger brother? Why is everyone sad? Why does Jenni appear to be a year older?
She's gone forward a year. She's gone to a year that is full of nothing but heartbreak and pain, of waiting and watching as everything falls apart. Everything has changed. Now the question is: How does she fix it?
I liked this book. I'm a pretty big fan of Liz Kessler because I'm (secretly 11 and) in love with her stories of mermaids and fairies. I was excited to hear that not only was she coming out with a new book, but that it was a solo ride this time. It was a fun time-traveling story. It was a nice quick read and full of suspense. You wanted to know how far forward in time she went and if she was able to fix everything.
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