cover image Waking in Time

Waking in Time

Angie Stanton. Switch, $17.95 (360p) ISBN 978-1-63079-070-7

Abbi Thorp is excited to start college at the University of Wisconsin, but she’s still carrying the pain of her grandmother’s recent death; Abbi has her grandmother’s hatbox with her, which is filled with photos and memories, and the fact that she is attending her adventurous grandmother’s alma mater also brings comfort. However, Abbi is haunted by some of Grandma’s last words (including a request to “find the baby”) and a note in the hatbox that expresses hope that Abbi will find the answers that she never could. When Abbi awakens one morning in the year 1983, she’s stunned but then meets Professor W.C. Smith, who knows who she is and where she comes from. Thrown into a mystery that may affect her future, Abbi finds a fellow time traveler in the handsome Will. Stanton’s (the Jamieson Brothers series) breezy time-jumping romance doesn’t break new ground and the conclusion is overly tidy, but Abbi’s interactions with family members she has never met are charming, and snapshots of college life in different time periods add interest. Ages 14–up. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (Mar.)