{"product_id":"sixteen-minutes-isbn-9780593620076","title":"Sixteen Minutes","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A thoughtful, otherworldly story about loss, hope, and the risks we take for the ones we love.\"\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eDustin Thao\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou’ve Reached Sam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a new girl arrives in town, seemingly from the future, three teens' lives are turned upside down in this speculative YA novel full of love and loss, and the power of the unknown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen-year-old Nell knows two things for sure—she’s never going to get out of her rural, dead-end hometown of Clawson, NY and her best friend Stevie B and longtime boyfriend Cole are never going to leave her. That is until Charlotte, a new girl, arrives at their school and their lopsided friend triangle is turned on its axis. While Nell and Stevie B are certain that Charlotte isn’t who she says she is, Cole is caught fully in her thrall. There are secret calls and meetings between the two, and Nell knows Cole is keeping something big from her. Now, for the first time in their lives, Nell worries she could lose Cole. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Nell and Stevie B finally confront Cole and Charlotte, they learn the impossible—Charlotte is actually from the future, and for life altering reasons none of them could have imagined, she wants Cole to jump to the future with her, leaving Nell behind. It’s dangerous, it’s reckless, but Charlotte convinces them that it’s the only choice they have. The trio’s future has always seemed set—but with the knowledge that time travel is real, and with a multiverse of futures before them, they now have the option to live lives they could have only dreamed about. The only questions are, who will take the leap and who will be left behind?\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSixteen Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon Best Book of the Month – October 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A science fiction novel about time travel and the \u003cb\u003einterconnectedness of the universe\u003c\/b\u003e…\u003cb\u003eReilly’s prose is contemplative and lyrical\u003c\/b\u003e. The explanations behind the time travel…contrast beautifully with the \u003cb\u003epoignant dialogue\u003c\/b\u003e and Nell’s \u003cb\u003eexpressive narration\u003c\/b\u003e…There are \u003cb\u003elots of twists\u003c\/b\u003e in this story, and the \u003cb\u003epacing is well balanced\u003c\/b\u003e…A \u003cb\u003edreamy\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003emysterious\u003c\/b\u003e tale about taking chances and traveling through time for the people you love, this is an excellent blend of a \u003cb\u003etense\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ehigh-stakes mystery\u003c\/b\u003e and a \u003cb\u003erelationship-driven\u003c\/b\u003e, coming-of-age story.” ––\u003ci\u003e­School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every once in a while, a book will catch me off-guard by \u003cb\u003ehow much I end up loving it\u003c\/b\u003e…\u003cb\u003eBy the time I’d finished the first chapter, I was in\u003c\/b\u003e, and immediately \u003cb\u003eturned to the person next to me and recommended it to them\u003c\/b\u003e…Ultimately \u003cb\u003ea hopeful and thought-provoking novel \u003c\/b\u003eabout what connects us as humans.\u003cb\u003e I highly recommend it.”\u003c\/b\u003e —Ben Grange, Editor’s Pick, Amazon's Best YA Books of October 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eCreative science, fervent emotions, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eheart-pounding suspense \u003c\/b\u003ewill have readers holding their breath from one revelation to the next.\u003cb\u003e Intense life-or-death moments and tender, quiet love \u003c\/b\u003ecreate an engaging contrast, and \u003cb\u003eNell’s difficult mental spirals are relatable.\u003c\/b\u003e Sticking it out when things begin to go awry pays off for the teens at the center of this\u003cb\u003e unputdownable, breathless tearjerker.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reilly (\u003ci\u003eFour for the Road\u003c\/i\u003e) dives into \u003cb\u003ethe multiverse\u003c\/b\u003e, adolescent love, and grief in this \u003cb\u003eupbeat time-travel tale\u003c\/b\u003e…The characters’ relationships feel lived-in, thanks in part to Reilly’s \u003cb\u003esnappy, free-flowing dialogue\u003c\/b\u003e…it all culminates in \u003cb\u003ea gratifying gut-punch ending.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Three teens are drawn into \u003cb\u003ea time-loop mystery\u003c\/b\u003e, but only one person knows the whole truth of what’s at stake…and the intensity of those stakes ratchet up with \u003cb\u003eevery thrilling page\u003c\/b\u003e. There are so many questions readers can ask \u003cb\u003ewith each surprising twist\u003c\/b\u003e, before the truth is revealed…\u003cb\u003eFast-paced and packed with surprises\u003c\/b\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eSixteen Minutes \u003c\/i\u003eis as \u003cb\u003ebreathlessly exhilarating\u003c\/b\u003e as holding hands with someone you love and leaping into the cool water of a quarry on a small town Saturday night. This is a book where\u003cb\u003e the only thing you want more than to keep turning pages\u003c\/b\u003e to satisfy your intrigue is to read every finely wrought sentence three times to satisfy your heart.\" —Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eIn The Wild Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoughtful, \u003cb\u003eotherworldly\u003c\/b\u003e story about loss, hope, and \u003cb\u003ethe risks we take for the ones we love\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eDustin Thao\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou’ve Reached Sam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eK. J. Reilly graduated from Boston University with a BA in psychology then headed to New York City to work in the marketing research departments of several of the largest advertising agencies in the world. She loves reading, writing, dogs, sailboats, cycling, children of all shapes and sizes, and growing her own food. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWords We Don’t Say \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFour for the Road.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That quarry jump was just over two years ago—­the summer before tenth grade. Most of the other kids were older, but still, I was the only one who didn’t jump that day, so I got taunted real bad. When Cole caught up with me as I headed for home, me feeling embarrassed and bad about myself, he told me to meet him later that night so he could teach me how to jump. So I snuck out after lights-­out and met him on the dirt path that runs behind our houses. He grabbed my hand, and we pounded down the path with the moon shining bright overhead, lighting our way. When we got to the edge of the rocks above the quarry, the water looked even farther down than I’d remembered. It was black with little slips of silver dancing on the top, and Cole confided that his whole life he’d had nightmares about drowning but he’d managed to muster the courage to jump, so somehow that meant that I could too. Then he promised it was safe and he would hold me tight the whole way down, if I was brave enough to let him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “What about that kid who died jumping?” I asked him, and he said, “That’s not real, Nell. It’s just some old story kids made up to scare other kids.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I knew he was lying, ’cause my parents went to school with that dead kid and so did Cole’s. I’d seen his picture and knew his name—­Levi Tanner—­but Cole was so convincing and I figured he meant well, so I let it go. Then we both kicked off our sneakers and ditched our phones, and he told me we would jump together and it would be okay and he would keep me safe. He said, “I will hold you and keep you safe forever,” and I believed him so fiercely that I wrapped my arms around his back and hitched my legs up around his waist and squished my eyes closed tight. And Levi Tanner, that dead kid my parents knew, was the last thing on my mind, because when Cole jumped off that ledge holding me like that, I felt the safest I’d ever felt in my entire life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When we crashed through the surface of the water, we were surrounded by pitch black and icy cold and my lungs burned like they were gonna bust wide open—­but I still felt safe as we fired down deep. And I felt full of excitement as we swam back up to the surface in a pool of murky water and rising bubbles. After we broke through to the night air and took a few breaths, we circled around each other as the water licked at our skin and those slips of silver moonlight danced on the surface like minnows, and Cole kissed me for the first time. My lips were shivering, his soft and warm, and my heart, it took me places I’d never been before. That kiss made me start to think that maybe I’d been wrong, that maybe there was magic and fizz and sparkly glitter in this life after all. And that shimmering and glitter just might be Cole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But right now, he’s sittin’ here in my truck, asking me about Charlotte’s phone, and he’s not the least bit sparkly, and he’s not promising me anything, and he’s not making me feel safe. He’s confusing me. I reach down with my hand trembling and pull that phone out from the inside of my left boot, where I’d stashed it again after me and Stevie B went through it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “When you take stuff, Cole, you don’t hide it in an obvious place like your pockets or backpack. \u003ci\u003eYou\u003c\/i\u003e taught me that. Those are the first places the cops’ll look. And you checked my pockets and bag, so what’s going on here?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He doesn’t answer; he just takes the phone from me, looks at it for a minute, then hands me a big folded envelope. “I was going to give you this on Saturday, Nellie. But here. You should have it now.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I hesitate, then take it. “So this is the trade? The new girl’s phone for what’s in this envelope?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He kind of shrugs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Will it explain anything?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When he doesn’t answer, I say, “I guess that’s a no, then,” and pull open the envelope. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inside is a passport, with a smooth blue cover. “How much?” I ask, my voice so soft it’s almost inaudible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Five bucks,” he says. “On eBay.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I start flipping through the pages. “How many countries?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Twenty-­seven.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Any good ones?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “They’re all good ones, Nell.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Before I stick the passport into my knapsack, I think about all the places me and Cole have fantasized about traveling to after we graduate—­both of us knowing full well we’re not going anywhere. Then I mumble, “Thanks,” not really meaning it under the circumstances, and in a flash, there are hot flames licking at the moment, pushing me to fight back. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, I know I shouldn’t yell and curse in front of Finn, but I do it anyway. “What the hell, Cole! You can’t kiss me like that and look at me like that, and then give me some stranger’s expired passport you bought on eBay as a trade for that girl’s phone like everything is normal! Tell me something, anything, about what’s going on with you and her!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He leans over and hugs me so tight I think I might break. Then he whispers, “I love you, Nell. I’ve loved you forever. You know that. But I can’t tell you anything right now. I want to, real bad, but I can’t.” Then Cole Wilder says, “It’ll be over in a few days,” and I damn near lose the breath in my lungs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I manage to ask, “What’ll be over in a few days, Cole?” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But he doesn’t answer; he just kisses me again. And we’re right back to confusing and messed up, ’cause I’m hot-­piss mad at him and hot-­piss mad in love with him at the same time, and he’s not explaining a damn thing.","brand":"Nancy Paulsen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233554313445,"sku":"NP9780593620076","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593620076.jpg?v=1767736712","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sixteen-minutes-isbn-9780593620076","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}