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  1 The Here and Now
Author: Brashares, Ann
 
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Class: Fiction
Age: 12-19
Language: English
LC: PZ7.B737
Grade: 7-12
Print Run: 150000
ISBN-13: 9780385736800
LCCN: 2013018683
Imprint: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pub Date: 04/08/2014
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $18.99
  Hardcover
Physical Description: 242 pages ; 24 cm H 9.5", W 6.5", D 0.93", 0.975 lbs.
LC Series:
Brodart Sources: Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Teen
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles
Brodart's YA Reads for Adults
Bibliographies: Booklist High-Demand Hot List
Awards: Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
Young Adults' Choices Reading List
Starred Reviews:
TIPS Subjects: Suspense/Thriller
BISAC Subjects: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General
LC Subjects: Community life, New York (State), New York, Fiction
Community life, New York (State), New York, Juvenile fiction
High schools, Fiction
High schools, Juvenile fiction
Interpersonal relations, Fiction
Interpersonal relations, Juvenile fiction
New York (N.Y.), Fiction
New York (N.Y.), Juvenile fiction
Refugees, Fiction
Refugees, Juvenile fiction
Schools, Fiction
Schools, Juvenile fiction
Time travel, Fiction
Time travel, Juvenile fiction
SEARS Subjects: Community life, New York (N.Y.), Fiction
High schools, Fiction
Interpersonal relations, Fiction
New York (N.Y.), Fiction
Refugees, Fiction
Schools, Fiction
Time travel, Fiction
Reading Programs: Accelerated Reader Level: 4.5 , Points: 9.0
Lexile Level: 670
Reading Counts Level: 6.2 , Points: 16.0
 
Annotations
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 03/01/2014
When she and her companions headed back in time to stop a mosquito-borne pandemic from shattering her world and killing millions, 17-year-old Prenna James never thought that she would be the one to break the rules and fall in love. Now the only way to save the future could mean losing the one boy who seems to make it worth living. 256pp.
Journal Reviews
BookPage | 04/01/2014
Ages 12-up. Prenna James was born in the 2080s, during a time of disease and environmental catastrophe. She and her mother escape a blood plague by traveling to the present day with a group of time travelers. Forced to assimilate, Prenna attends high school with kids who must never know she's from the future--except for Ethan Jarves, who makes her feel special and safe. But Prenna is under constant surveillance by the community elders, and she knows what happens to time travelers who fall in love with present-day people--they disappear. Rather than working on a solution to save the future, Prenna's people haven't done a thing except intimidate other time travelers into submission. Eventually she must make a decision: be with the boy she loves or save the world. The Here and Now seems like a departure for Ann Brashares, whose best-selling novels focused on friendships and romance. Readers are given more to consider here, such as environmental abuse and self-sacrifice for the good of others. Prenna and Ethan are truly selfless and brave, and readers will root for their happiness--whether or not it's what the future holds. Kimberly Giarratano. 256pg. BOOKPAGE, c2014.
Booklist | 02/15/2014
Grades 7-10. Prenna and her doctor mom are not your average immigrants. No, they have immigrated to New York from the 2090s, a future of climate-change extremes and mosquito-borne plagues that wipe out entire families and civilizations. The few who have survived the plagues and the journey back to 2010 have been charged with two challenges: change the course of environmental history and assimilate into the culture without disclosing their origins or becoming intimate with the natives. Prenna knows her friendship with Ethan is "red-flag behavior." When an elderly homeless man warns her that she and Ethan must prevent a murder on May 17, 2014--just days away--she realizes she must defy the community and its counselors for civilization's greater good. Brashares, author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and other YA novels, builds on her adroit adolescent characterization and ear for teen dialogue and ports them into an exciting time-travel adventure complete with murderers to thwart and mysteries to solve. The book's environmental message won't be missed by readers, but this is a cautionary tale rather than a didactic screed. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The gargantuan success of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series ensures great demand for Brashares' latest. A multi-platform marketing campaign seals the deal. Bradburn, Frances. 256p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 04/01/2014
R. Gr. 7-10. Twelve rules have governed Prenna James' life for the last four years, and she's about to break nearly every single one. As a time traveler from a plague-ravaged 2098 now trying to fit into 2014, Prenna mostly interacts with her fellow time travelers in their tightknit community, avoiding any interference with the "natural sequence" of time, keeping her past secret, and never developing any emotional or physical relationship with any "time native." Her blossoming romance with Ethan Jarves, a time-native classmate, defies these strictures, but Ethan has secrets of his own, namely that he's been in contact with Prenna's estranged father, who has informed Ethan that the event that destroys Prenna's world is set to occur soon-and it could be prevented. The technicalities of time travel mostly fall to the wayside here, making room for a swiftly moving but intricately plotted mystery and, of course, a swoon-worthy romance. Brashares pairs all the sweetness, anxiety, and joy of a first love with the high stakes of a pending apocalypse, and the result is both poignant and thrilling, especially as events lead Prenna and Ethan to some difficult and world-saving decisions. Prenna is entirely authentic as a teenaged girl who has seen more than her fair share of suffering and struggles with her own desire to be happy. The environmental message is surprisingly subtle, while Prenna's appreciation of the comforts of the early twenty-first century and her belief that disaster can be averted is refreshingly upbeat amidst the usual doom and gloom of most dystopias. KQG. 256p. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, c2014.
Horn Book Guide | 11/01/2014
3. Prenna, an immigrant from the future, leads a restricted, secretive life. When a homeless man tells her that she can change the course of history for the better, however, she teams up with Ethan, the cute guy in her physics class, to prevent a murder. Teen fans of love stories with a sci-fi twist will enjoy this bittersweet time-travel romance. bcm. 242pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014.
Kirkus Reviews | 02/01/2014
In a stark departure, Brashares, of Traveling Pants fame, returns with a lightning-paced sci-fi time-travel romp that, much like a cinematic blockbuster, offers intrigue, romance and a healthy dose of implausibility. After blood plague ravages her world, Prenna James emigrates with a group of refugees, known as travelers. However, it's not where she ends up, it's when. Her community tries to assimilate into a society decades in the past, with stringent rules about how they must conduct themselves in the time natives' society. Predictably, Prenna falls in love with Ethan, a handsome time native--one of the gravest offenses a traveler might commit--and quickly learns that her tightly knit authoritarian community may indeed be harboring secrets. Brashares' worldbuilding is solid, and she handles the time-travel elements with a fluid, cinematic ease. Unfortunately, she relies too much on dei ex machina to propel Ethan and Prenna forward. Cars, money and opportunity pop up with uncannily good timing and convenience, helping the time-crossed lovers right the wrongs of the past. Those willing to overlook such shortcuts will surely be swept into the whirlwind romance and breathlessly turn pages to discover if there truly is a possibility for a better future. This quirky tale of love and time travel demands that readers totally suspend disbelief to enjoy some of the more contrived plot elements. (Science fiction. 13-16). 256pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014.
Library Journal | 02/15/2014
Prenna James has traveled to the present from a future plague-riddled Earth on the verge of collapse. She and her community have made the trip ostensibly to prevent this catastrophe, although their rigid rules restricting altering the present and oppressive leadership make that nearly impossible. When Prenna gets close to "time native" Ethan Jarves, their relationship both threatens the community and generates the only hope for Earth's survival. Like the girls in Brashares's "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series, Prenna is smart, self-deprecating, and believably mesmerized by a first love characterized by mutual respect and intimacy. The less detailed female friendship subplot, though, is all the more disappointing in light of the author's gifts in capturing young women's emotional lives. In terms of sf, Brashares crafts a plausible future and satisfyingly metes out time-travel plotting. Much of the science is foggy, though, and the exposition-heavy denouement feels rushed. VERDICT The author's younger fans will enjoy the relationship between Prenna and Ethan, and adult fans will appreciate the moral gray areas complicating their lives. It would be a solid introduction to sf for YA and adult readers curious about the genre. For a more sophisticated look at postapocalyptic fiction, readers should turn to Peter Heller's The Dog Stars or Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man. Nicole R. Steeves, Chicago P.L. 256p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014.
Publishers Weekly | 01/27/2014
Ages 12-up. Best known for her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books, Brashares forays into science fiction in this fast-paced, gripping, and romantic novel about a girl from a future that seems eerily possible. Seventeen-year-old Prenna James is from the year 2098, but she, her mother, and nearly 1000 other Travelers have fled an Earth devastated by climate change and plague, and are now living in 2014. The Travelers are a tight-knit and secretive community, and their 12 cardinal rules forbid everything from seeking outside medical care to interfering in the "natural sequence" of time or engaging in "intimate" relationships with outsiders. Prenna has long had a crush on her classmate Ethan, but she has always followed the rules until a mysterious homeless man upends Prenna and Ethan's lives, and she begins to question her community's dictates and intentions. Brashares focuses on Prenna and Ethan's burgeoning romance, rather than the nitty-gritty details of her time-travel premise, and her fans will be happy to find that her prose is as resonant and realistic as ever. An Alloy Entertainment property. Agent: Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, William Morris Endeavor. (Apr.). 256p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2014.
School Library Journal | 03/01/2014
Gr 9 Up. Prenna's life is shrouded in secrecy and intimidation. She's part of a select group of people who not only survived the Blood Plagues but also immigrated to present-day New York from more than 80 years in the future. Bound by rules that force her to sacrifice her personal freedoms and isolate herself from the local community, also known as Time Natives, Prenna can't help developing a close, yet guarded friendship with a classmate, Ethan Jarves. Both high schoolers are gifted science students who have more than a friendly, academic attraction, but physical contact with Ethan could endanger him as well as Prenna and the other Travelers. When a local indigent man, who mysteriously knows about the Travelers' origins, prophesizes a time fork on May 17, Ethan and Prenna are launched into a plan to stop a murder that could save the future of mankind. The story moves along at a compelling pace with enough foreshadowing and plot twists to keep the pages turning. The sense of adventure as the teens escape Prenna's corrupt leaders and fight off a murderer is stronger than the romance between the two. Older teens may enjoy the more palpable romance in Brashares's book for adults, My Name Is Memory (Riverhead, 2010), in which a love story transcends time. The Here and Now has a satisfying ending that only slightly hints at what would be a welcome sequel. Lynn Rashid, Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville, MD. 256p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014.
~VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine - Retired Journal) | 08/01/2014
3Q 3P M J. Prenna emigrated to New York when she was twelve--not from another country, but from the future. She and a few others have come back in time to try to save society from a desperate future plagued by disease and economic ruin, but they must be careful to follow their leaders' rules, which include never telling their true origins or becoming intimate with any "time natives." Prenna finds the rules easy enough to follow, until she meets Ethan, an attractive--and very contemporary--classmate. The rules become even more difficult for her when a strange old man tells her she needs to prevent a murder on May 17, 2014. If allowed to occur, the murder is the single event that will spin the world toward the bleak future her group has escaped. Prenna knows that she will need help to foil the murder, but can she trust Ethan with the truth? At its core, The Here and Now is a love story, but it falls a little flat. The main characters are not especially interesting or well developed. Prenna could be any girl (but one from the future) and Ethan, any boy (but one who is reckless in love). In terms of romance, the ending is less than satisfying, but Brashares does seem to set readers up for a sequel. Criticisms aside, this book will appeal to science fiction readers who like romance.--Anna Foote. 256p. VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES, c2014.
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Review Citations
New York Times Book Review | 04/06/2014