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Timetripper #1
Yestermorrow
Since his father's shocking death, everyone believes Harry Keller has lost it. But Harry's mind hasn't collapsed; it's expanded. Suddenly he reads words that haven't yet been written. He sees people's lives, from birth to death, unwinding before him in twisting trails that he can touch.
Harry has begun to see time itself.
In this strange universe he calls "A-Time," every moment co-exists. But A-Time is plagued by monstrous creatures called Quirks, who prey upon the very fabric of time itself. It's up to Harry to learn to navigate A-Time... before it consumes him.
Harry has begun to see time itself.
In this strange universe he calls "A-Time," every moment co-exists. But A-Time is plagued by monstrous creatures called Quirks, who prey upon the very fabric of time itself. It's up to Harry to learn to navigate A-Time... before it consumes him.
230 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Stefan Petrucha
342 books274 followersStefan Petrucha (born January 27, 1959) is an American writer for adults and young adults. He has written graphic novels in the The X-Files and Nancy Drew series, as well as science fiction and horror.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.
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December 1, 2013
This book has probably changed my life, in ways I haven't even noticed yet, though I've noticed a few so far.
I read first when I was too young to really understand what was happening, but I enjoyed it all the same.
As I've grown up, I've kept coming back to it, and every time I read it I learn something new from it. And it always seems to fit right in with my life. The other books in the Timetripper series are stunning as well, and I am so glad that this book exists. It's like everything that makes me happy all rolled into one paperback package. I love the concept of A-time, I love the details like the time flies, and most of all, I just love the sense of wonder that inhabits every sentence.
The writing is masterful, complex without being even slightly difficult to read. The action actually is action, and doesn't stop once. The characters are real and have taken what seems to be permanent residence in my heart and brain.
Yestermorrow is a book that stays with you, year after year, book after book, and doesn't mind when you wear the pages from rereading and they start to thin from wear.
I read first when I was too young to really understand what was happening, but I enjoyed it all the same.
As I've grown up, I've kept coming back to it, and every time I read it I learn something new from it. And it always seems to fit right in with my life. The other books in the Timetripper series are stunning as well, and I am so glad that this book exists. It's like everything that makes me happy all rolled into one paperback package. I love the concept of A-time, I love the details like the time flies, and most of all, I just love the sense of wonder that inhabits every sentence.
The writing is masterful, complex without being even slightly difficult to read. The action actually is action, and doesn't stop once. The characters are real and have taken what seems to be permanent residence in my heart and brain.
Yestermorrow is a book that stays with you, year after year, book after book, and doesn't mind when you wear the pages from rereading and they start to thin from wear.
July 19, 2011
Everyone thinks Harry Keller is having mental problems when his lone parent, his father, dies. He's not: he's developed the ability to see time itself. (Unfortunately, this is very similar to being crazy.)
Most of the book is through Harry's eyes, and even though he's sane, things are still weird for him and it's hard to concentrate with him as a narrator. Good for setting the tone of how strange everything is, bad for actually reading a story.
Harry himself is a fairly annoying character: by turns freaked out (understandable) and cocky (...did we forget our mental problems from two minutes ago?).
This is the first in a series and the book obviously sets up more, but while I wouldn't mind finding out what happens, it's not enough to entice me to hunt down the other books. Harry's annoying, the other characters are stock teens, and the world will inevitably need saving and teenagers are the only ones blah blah blah great big evil or something.
Most of the book is through Harry's eyes, and even though he's sane, things are still weird for him and it's hard to concentrate with him as a narrator. Good for setting the tone of how strange everything is, bad for actually reading a story.
Harry himself is a fairly annoying character: by turns freaked out (understandable) and cocky (...did we forget our mental problems from two minutes ago?).
This is the first in a series and the book obviously sets up more, but while I wouldn't mind finding out what happens, it's not enough to entice me to hunt down the other books. Harry's annoying, the other characters are stock teens, and the world will inevitably need saving and teenagers are the only ones blah blah blah great big evil or something.
November 13, 2020
There were times I had to read something's several times. It kept my attention, it just could have had a little more back story. I have book 2 to read next, but super excited about it.
July 18, 2011
One of the great things about summer are those dog-days when you've nothing to do and the tempature outside offers a perfect excuse for being lazy. A perfect opportunity to curl with some reading you normally wouldn't get around to doing.
And that is pretty much the best example I can give for this book. Normally, I wouldn't have given it much time, but I did and it was interesting. Weird at points. I'm fond of sci-fi but only to a point.
Or maybe I have a secret obsession that has yet to reveal itself.
I dunno, one or the other.
But anyway, Yestermorrow was an interesting book I didn't really like but didn't hate. The plot centers around Harry Keller and the girl he really likes, Siara Warner. After the death of his Father, most people think Harry Keller has gone crazy. Not Harry. See, he's completely full of himself and thus when he starts experiencing abnormal visions and weird sentences whispering through his brain, he doesn't think he's going insane. Nope, he realizes that his brain is actually expanding. And so when he travels to this strange time-less place where the future and the past and the present all travel around in tubes, he isn't really freaked out. Like any normal person would be.
And into this weird world he drags Siara and they discover that somehow his life is tied up with the major bad boy who just tried to shoot someone and is going to commit sucide.
Interesting enough that I might pick up the sequel, yet not enough that I particularly reccomend it.
And that is pretty much the best example I can give for this book. Normally, I wouldn't have given it much time, but I did and it was interesting. Weird at points. I'm fond of sci-fi but only to a point.
Or maybe I have a secret obsession that has yet to reveal itself.
I dunno, one or the other.
But anyway, Yestermorrow was an interesting book I didn't really like but didn't hate. The plot centers around Harry Keller and the girl he really likes, Siara Warner. After the death of his Father, most people think Harry Keller has gone crazy. Not Harry. See, he's completely full of himself and thus when he starts experiencing abnormal visions and weird sentences whispering through his brain, he doesn't think he's going insane. Nope, he realizes that his brain is actually expanding. And so when he travels to this strange time-less place where the future and the past and the present all travel around in tubes, he isn't really freaked out. Like any normal person would be.
And into this weird world he drags Siara and they discover that somehow his life is tied up with the major bad boy who just tried to shoot someone and is going to commit sucide.
Interesting enough that I might pick up the sequel, yet not enough that I particularly reccomend it.
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January 9, 2011In Yestermorrow by Stefan Petrucha, Todd Penderwhistle has just gone through a traumatizing expierience. Both of his parents have died within a short time. But the deaths impacted his mind in an unusual way. Now his mind can do things that it couldn't do before such as literally see the paths of peoples life from beginning to end, and read words that aren't actually there. The way he views time has changed. this may sound interesting, but to Todd, its not. Imagine if you knew everything that would happen in your own life and every one elses? It would be interesting for a little while but after a while Todd begins to hate it. He's traveling in and out of regular time and his new time view which he calls "A-Time". For example, he sees his friend, Sarah's path in A-Time and he is on it and trying to change it. After a while it begins to stress him and he expresses how he is depressed towards the end of the book. In a way, he feels like he is responsible for the life of his friends and he starts to have visions of their deaths and even his own! I would reccommend this book for any student who likes books about time travel and different dimensions. On a scale of 1-10, i would rate this book a 6. Yestermorrow was a good book but it wasn't of a topic that really interested me.
February 11, 2013
It was really good, it kept you hooked. I wish I could get book two but my local Barnes and noble doesn't sell them and its not available for the kindle
July 7, 2014
The most interesting thing about this was that it was the 2nd book I read during my vacation that used the expression "It's not the bullet, it's the hole."
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