This Again?

by Adam Borba Narrated by Matt Braver

Overview

How far would you go to have the best day of your life? This funny and thrilling time travel adventure tackles questions of fate and free will.*
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Noah Nicholson has plenty to be grateful for.*He has*solid grades and great friends, he's*finally*becoming closer with Lucy Martinez-his crush since second grade-and*he just might have*a chance to be elected class president next week.*But*despite all that, Noah fixates on the should've-beens and could've-beens and the belief that he can make his life perfect. Then Noah comes upon an opportunity*to do just that.
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At the local bowling alley, Noah runs into someone most unexpected: himself. The look-alike is him from nine days in the future, and he insists that if Noah does every ridiculous thing he says-from quacking like a duck in science class to painting himself green-they can achieve their dream of perfection. However, fate may have other plans, and Future Noah may not be entirely honest about what he's doing there....

Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Louis Sachar,*This Again?*takes readers on an incredible journey through time, mind, and middle school.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"A charming new middle grade speculative fiction... both nostalgic and fresh. Its hopeful exuberance in the face of junior high angst is reminiscent of Judy Blume, its quirky high jinks evoke the works of Louis Sachar."—School Library Journal

A Back to the Future kind of story for middle grade readers that's funny, clever, and full of heart!—Courtney Sheinmel, author of The Kindness Club and My Pet Slime series

A time bending instant classic that will appeal to past, present, and future versions of every reader.—David Soren, director of Captain Underpants: the First Epic Movie and writer/director of Turbo

This ultra-clever adventure is perfectly in sync with both middle-school reality and middle-school fantasy. A charming story of real-life troubles careening down a time-travel bowling lane. Highly recommended!—Trenton Lee Stewart, author of the award-winning and New York Times bestselling The Mysterious Benedict Society series and The Secret Keepers

Adam Borba’s combined his funny, sympathetic tale of middle school pressures – the mysteries of first loves, popularity, and higher math – with a twisty time travel tale that reveals the perils of perfectionism and the value of family and true friends.  I’d pull for main character Noah Nicholson in any timeline, any day.  But I’d never let him do my laundry.—Sheila Turnage, author of Newbery Honor Book Three Times Lucky

A smart and hilarious time-loop romp—Noah for the win!—Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times bestselling author of the Best Wishes and Whatever After series

"[A] whip-smart comedy."—Publisher's Weekly

Kirkus Reviews

2024-01-19
A middle schooler runs for class president with help from an unusual campaign adviser—his future self.

Readers with overachieving older sibs will feel for Noah Nicholson, who’s obsessed with following in the footsteps of his valedictorian older brother, now a Harvard freshman, although Noah’s at best an average student. Also, despite strenuous campaigning, he hasn’t a prayer of winning the upcoming class president election—until, that is, a shocking meeting with his doppelgänger. Future Noah informs him that, thanks to the time machine their brilliant scientist parents are about to whip up, he’s come back from next week and can guide him to victory—if present-day Noah follows certain instructions to the letter. Though odd, those instructions prove so bizarrely effective in earning him support from the in crowd that he barely notices that he’s failing math and alienating longtime friends. But just before everything collapses in one massively humiliating tangle, Noah (rightly) begins to suspect that his future self is hiding something. The author delivers the ensuing round of confessions, revelations, and frank self-analysis with a heavy hand, but all of this does leave Noah able to embrace his own distinctive mix of qualities and abilities and mend the personal and academic fences he’s heedlessly trampled. López draws expressive faces, allowing characterization to come through clearly in the illustrations. Noah and his family present white; there is ethnic diversity among supporting characters.

A bit heavy on lessons, but readers will have fun getting there. (Science fiction. 10-13)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159202277
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	04/16/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

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