Sixteen-year-old Gwendolyn Shepherd [Gwyneth in the English translation] always seems to be in the shadow of her cousin Charlotte Montrose, just because Charlotte—born the day before “Gwenny”—is prophesized to be the twelfth and final carrier of a rare time-travel gene passed down through the centuries. But Gwenny doesn’t mind, as she can’t think of anything worse than Charlotte’s carefully prescribed upbringing and the prospect of dizzy spells sending her uncontrollably through time. As the first book of the tightly connected Edelstein Trilogy, the plot plods through Gwenny’s anxious awakening to complicated family mysteries and to her feelings for the pompous Gideon de Villiers, aka time traveler #11.
—Michael Main
Es regnete fürchterlich. Ich hätte besser nicht nur den Regenmantel, sondern auch Gummistiefel angezogen. Mein Lieblings-Magnolienbaum an der Ecke ließ traurif sein Blüten hängen. Brevor ich ihn erreicht hatte, war ich schon dreimal in eine Pfütze getreten. Als ich gerade eine vierte umgehen wollte, riss es mich vollkommen ohne Vorwarnung von den Beinen. Mein magen fuhr Achterbahn und die Straße verschwamm vor meinen Augen zu einem grauen Fluss.
translate It was raining cats and dogs, and I wished I’d put on my wellies. The flowers on my favorite magnolia tree on the corner were drooping in a melancholy way. Before I reached it, I’d already splashed through three puddles. Just as I was trying to steer my way around a fourth, I was swept suddenly off my soggy feet. My stomach flip-flopped, and before my eyes, the street blurred into a grey river.

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  1. Rubinrot by Kerstin Gier (Arena Verlag, January 2009).
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  1. English.
    Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier (Henry Holt, May 2011).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kerstin Gier
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Anthea Bell
  2. English: audio reading.
    Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier (Macmillan Audio, November 2011).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kerstin Gier
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Marisa Calin
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Anthea Bell
  3. English: alternative English title.
    Girl About Time by Kerstin Gier (Chicken House, April 2012) [Same translator (Anthea Bell) as the 2011 edition, as per Google Books].
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kerstin Gier
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Anthea Bell