Somewhat self-absorbed 16-year-old Anna Green manages to fall for the first time traveler she
ever meets, not realizing that he’s a time traveler or that he’s hoping his mission to
1995 will be a short-term affair.
— Jeff Delgado
It’s too easy for me to say the wrong thing today, and if I do, we may never meet at
all
DEBUT
Time between Us (Hyperion Books, October 2012).
VARIANTS
Debut. Time between Us (Hyperion Books, October 2012).
Save Your Family!: Bennett must save his sister from being stuck in time!
Self-Defeating Acts: If Anna’s letter succeeds in getting her to change her “decision” (as it seems it did), then it becomes a self-defeating act, although this aspect of time travel is never discussed.
From San Francisco, 2012 ⋙ to Evanston, Illinois, March 1995. Multiple round trips. Note: At the start of his mission to rescue Holly from the past, Bennett keeps being pulled back to 2012 against his will.
From San Francisco, 2012 ⋙ to Evanston, Illinois, March or April 1995. Note: But eventually, in the early spring of 1995, Bennett is able to stick in 1995 Evanston for a period of weeks.
From just after Bennett kisses Anna in March or April 2017 ⋙ to a few minutes earlier. Note: This is the first jump we know of where Bennett jumped back into his own body; in this case, it’s to retract his first kiss with Anna.
From Anna’s family bookstore, some day in April 2017, as the robbery begin ⋙ to just outside the bookstore, a few minutes earlier. Note: a do-over of the robbery.
From Anna’s kitchen, the day after the robbery ⋙ to Bennett’s bedroom, that same day. Round trip. Note: After jumping, Bennett stays in his room for one minute before returning, probably without any actual time travel.
From Anna’s kitchen, the same day ⋙ to Koh Tao, Tailand, that same day. Round trip. Note: Bennett takes Anna to the Thailand for several hours, and then they return shortly after they’d left.
From Bennett’s room, Monday after Emma and Justin’s car crash ⋙ to in the hallway outside the room, five minutes earlier. Note: Anna and Bennett a test run to make sure that they can go back in time together for a do-over.
From Bennett’s room, Monday after Emma and Justin’s car crash ⋙ to Anna’s driveway, 8:07 a.m. on the morning of the crash. Note: Going back for a do-over of the car crash.
From Westlake school, about four weeks after the crash do-over ⋙ to Vernazza, Italy, the same day. Round trip. Note: Anna and Bennett spend nearly a day in Tuscany before returning shortly after they’d left.
From Bennett’s jeep, 11:06 p.m., some day later in the spring ⋙ to Bennett’s San Franscisco bedroom, 27 May 2012. Note: Bennett takes Anna forward to see his bedroom.
From Bennett’s San Franscisco bedroom, 27 May 2012 ⋙ to Bennett’s jeep, 11:11 p.m. on the same day that Bennett and Anna jumped to 2012. Note: But only Anna returns!
From San Francisco, 2012 ⋙ to Evanston, Illinois, various times in 1995 as early as the day when Anna first saw him at the Northwestern track. Multiple round trips. Note: Bennett tries over and over to get back to Anna, but he always gets pulled back to 2012.
From an unspecified place and time at an unknown time ⋙ to La Paz, Mexico, summer of 1995. Note: Bennet figures out how to get back!
It’s too easy for me to say the wrong thing today, and if I do, we may never meet at
all
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