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It is the mark of a truly great book to ask: “what if” and explore all the thrilling twists and turns that result. “The Time Telephone” does this and takes us on a thrilling ride. We open at the funeral of Megan’s mother, who was a foreign correspondent and has spent her career reporting from dangerous locations and has recently been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. Megan and her mother were not close, to put it mildly, and one of my favorite things about this novel was the way it explores
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I'm a student of opening paragraphs. Check this one out: "It was way too quiet sitting under that canopy so close to the casket. The preacher took forever getting ready to speak. I guess it was because he was still trying to figure out what to say about a woman who got herself exploded half way around the world. And now, all those little pieces, or most of them, were in that polished mahogany casket with the brass handles."
It's safe to say that author Connie Lacy knows how to hook a reader. The ...more
It's safe to say that author Connie Lacy knows how to hook a reader. The ...more
We tell children lots of stories. Some are funny. Some are scary. Some are true. And some are merely hopeful.
Kids tell themselves lots of stories. Almost all of them are hopeful.
Megan’s mother is dead. Blown to bits by a bomb. On TV, no less. Megan is probably the only person who hasn’t seen the footage. Pun intended. When a body is blown to bits by a bomb, occasionally the only big bit left is a foot. And maybe a shoe. This is a detail Megan finds out much later. Up to that point, all she real ...more
Kids tell themselves lots of stories. Almost all of them are hopeful.
Megan’s mother is dead. Blown to bits by a bomb. On TV, no less. Megan is probably the only person who hasn’t seen the footage. Pun intended. When a body is blown to bits by a bomb, occasionally the only big bit left is a foot. And maybe a shoe. This is a detail Megan finds out much later. Up to that point, all she real ...more
If you could change the past, would you? Should you? The Time Telephone by Connie Lacy is a moving and intelligent young adult novel about grief and finding the grace to accept the truth about ourselves and the people we love. The protagonist, Megan, has lost her often absent, flashy, fun loving, celebrity mom (a world traveling news correspondent who is blown to smithereens covering a breaking story in a war zone). The loss for Megan (who has always been cared for by her grandmother) is, of cou
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More coming-of-age than time-travel
I love the idea of a telephone that would let a person talk to someone in the past. That’s what initially drew me to the book. So I was disappointed that the telephone wasn’t a larger part of the story. However, this is an excellent coming-of-age tale.
Throughout the book, Megan experiences some real emotional growth as she tackles some tough issues. She has the support of her grandmother and some friends from school, and it’s great to see how all the relationsh ...more
I love the idea of a telephone that would let a person talk to someone in the past. That’s what initially drew me to the book. So I was disappointed that the telephone wasn’t a larger part of the story. However, this is an excellent coming-of-age tale.
Throughout the book, Megan experiences some real emotional growth as she tackles some tough issues. She has the support of her grandmother and some friends from school, and it’s great to see how all the relationsh ...more
