Rewind

Replica: The Plague Trilogy #1

by Marilyn Kaye

No one can identify the cause of the mysterious disease. There’s evidence that the bacteria infected human genes as much as a million years ago. Back in the prehistoric age. Back when dinosaurs roamed the land. Back when cavepeople communicated in grunts and gestures. And the bacteria has been dormant—until now.
Amy’s refined genes make her immune to this terrible plague. But when someone close to her shows symptoms of the disease, Amy will do anything to help find a cure. The only way: traveling back to the time when it all began . . .

Genres: Science Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fiction, Childrens

148 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 12, 2002

About the author

I was born in New Britain, Connecticut, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. I also spent a year (5th grade) in Montgomery, Alabama, and a year in Ann Arbor, Michigan(8th grade). As a child, I always wanted to be a writer, but I had lots of other ambitions too. I wanted to be a teacher, a librarian, a movie star, the president of the United States, and a ballerina.

I didn't achieve all my goals. I never became a movie star, the president of the U.S., or a ballerina. But I've been a teacher and a librarian and most of all, a writer. I've been writing for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I always kept a diary. I wrote poems, stories, plays, songs and lots of letters. Writing wasn't easy for me, but it felt natural and right.

I've always read a lot, too. I was an English major at Emory University (I love Shakespeare), and I also received a master's degree in library science at Emory. I earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago, and I taught children's and teen literature at St. John's University in New York for over 20 years. Now, I'm a full-time writer, living in Paris, France - the most beautiful city in the world.

Reviews

[Petra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved this books when I was 11-12 and when I've found this trilogy super cheap I couldn't help myself and bought them. I think I won't re-read all 24 books because I wouldn't enjoy them as much as when I was 11 and some books are better to be left as fond memory

[meri · Rating 2 out of 5]

this trilogy has no business being THIS whack already

[Ema · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought the time travel part, but the alien part took it too far.

[Lila · Rating 2 out of 5]

Going back to the Stone Age to stop a mysterious plague and encountering dinosaurs and aliens? Marilyn Kaye's not even trying to make it believable!

[Jess · Rating 2 out of 5]

I, sadly, am no longer the target audience for this book. I decided to read it after growing nostalgic for the early books of the REPLICA series. Naturally it was a breeze to read through, and it's entertaining on a very basic level, but Grown-Up Me was disappointed with all of the "handwave-ium" explanations for how everything was actually possible. The second book of the trilogy sends Amy inside a human body as a pathogen? The third book sends her into the future? At one time I would have eaten this up. I think I'll bow out and hit up the other books on my massive TBR list.

Thank you, Marilyn Kaye, for writing the REPLICA series and possibly igniting my interest in genetics so many years ago.

[Christopher Richmond · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first, I thought this book came after book 24, Amy, on Her Own, until I found out that The Plague Trilogy is sandwiched in-between books 21 & 22. I enjoyed Rewind because it incorporated time travel and a plague. It strikes me as being a version of 12 Monkeys for younger audiences. The title, Rewind, is appropriate because Amy and Andy are rewound to Earth's past. I enjoyed the Star Trek and Flintstones references. I am hoping that the next two books will be as interesting as the first and the entire series as a whole.

[Anna Reta Maria]

Se, kuinka nopeasti Amy oppi paikallisen kielen, ärsytti.

[Sonja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. I like all these Replica books. I have read Plague Trilogy also in Finnish long time ago.