Throwback
- by Peter Lerangis
- Novel
- Science Fiction
- Children
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- Throwback by Peter Lerangis (HarperCollins, October 2019) [print · e-book].
When 13-year-old Corey Fletcher first finds himself transported back in time, he doesn’t realize how it happened or that he is one of the rare travelers who can actually change the timeline, rescue his Papou, and maybe even save his grandma from 9/11.
—Michael Main
So . . . some people inherit diabetess, some inherit curly hair, and I inherited time travel?
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1800 to 1899: 1862
- Circa AD 1900 to 1929: 1917
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: 9/11 and later in Corey and Leila’s starting time
- Timeline Models
- Resilient Timeline: Time seems to resist changes made by most travelers, except for the so-called throwbacks.
- Sensing Unfamiliar Timelines: Leila remembers the photo before Corey was in it. Corey himself remembers the timeline where Ruggles did not have an impact.
- Time Travel Methods
- Contemporary Object Aids Travel: So that’s the secret to time travel, Papou? Metal?
- Innate Time Travelers: Time travel is an inherited ability.
- Themes
- Butterfly Effect: “A Sound of Thunder” is briefly discussed, and the Butterfly Effect is perhaps incorrectly referenced in regard to Corey saving Frederick Ruggles.
- Movie Sets or Other Roleplaying Leads to Time Travel
- Repeat until You Get It Right: Papou tries over and over to save Corey’s grandma.
- Save the Bigwig (excluding JFK and Lincoln)!: I went to Ford’s Theatre to save Abraham Lincoln.
- Save Your Ancestor!: Papou, Corey, and Leila each try to save Corey’s grandma, who was killed at 9/11, although they don’t directly try to stop the terrorists.
- Stuck in Time: Papou is stuck in 1892, and Corey is stuck in 1917.
- Time Travel Sickness, Injuries, and Mixed-Up Body Parts: Certain actions—possibly trying to change time—causes the travelers to devolve in various beasts.
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- Throwback by Peter Lerangis (HarperCollins, October 2019) [print · e-book].
- audio reading.
Throwback by Peter Lerangis (HarperAudio, October 2019).