Time Between Us [Hardcover]

Tamara Ireland Stone (Author)

Book Description

Release date: October 9, 2012

Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna’s life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility. As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate—and what consequences they can bear in order to stay together.

Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, Time Between Us is a stunning and spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new talent in YA fiction.

"A beautifully written, unique love story." --Melissa Marr, New York Times best-selling author of The Wicked Lovelyseries 

 

“A warm, time-bending romance… [that] will have readersrooting for the couple that keeps daring fate.” -- Publishers Weekly




 "The story will hold readers with its twists and turns, present and future; its love, sadness, and anger; and especially, its surprising secrets." --Booklist 




"Time Between Us is the very best kind of love story --heart-pounding, intense, and unputdownable!" -- Elizabeth Scott, author of Bloom and Perfect You

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up-This is one of those rare novels (Hyperion, 2012) that convincingly makes time travel look possible-think Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife (MacAdam/Cage, 2003) for teens. It's 1995 and Anna longs to travel the world, but unless she gets a running scholarship, she could be stuck in Evanston, Illinois, for college and possibility her entire life. Cue the irresistibly cute, new in town, shaggy-haired Bennett who just happens to be able to help Anna with her traveling goals. Bennett tries to end their budding relationship, claiming that he must leave Evanston in a month, but he can't stay away and slowly begins to test the bounds of time. Bennett has never stayed in one time period for this long. He's from San Francisco and in 2012 he left to find his sister whom he accidently lost in time. While the time traveling is consistent, the novel wraps up very neatly and a major plot line is left unexplained. Even so, teens will enjoy the delightful romance and the discussion-worthy topics about the limitations, consequences, and ethical questions that arise when dealing with time travel. Amy Rubinate's narration keeps Stone's story lively and she convincingly conveys Anna's worry and anger as she uncovers the pros and cons of having a time-traveling boyfriend. A solid addition for libraries seeking a light romance with a hint of sci-fi.-Amanda Schiavulli, Finger Lakes Library System, NYα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

From Booklist

Mystery and time travel blend with romance in this exciting debut novel. In suburban Chicago in 1995, 16-year-old Anna feels stuck at home, so she is excited to meet cute new student Bennett while running track. But what is he hiding? Is he a stalker? It turns out that he is from a time 17 years in the future, and he tells her about 2012 (including the wonder of cell phones). Bennett has the ability to disappear and reappear, and he can make others do the same. Even more astonishing is his power to “do over” anything that happens, and when Anna’s best friend, Emma, is severely injured in a car accident, Anna makes Bennett go back and erase the tragedy. But then Emma gets close with gorgeous Justin, whom Anna has always wanted to date. Can she erase that, too? Told in Anna’s authentic, first-person, present-tense voice, the story will hold readers with its twists and turns, present and future; its love, sadness, and anger; and especially, its surprising secrets. Grades 7-12. --Hazel Rochman

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Product Details

• Age Range: 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (October 9, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 142315956X
• ISBN-13: 978-1423159568
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tamara lives just outside San Francisco, California. In addition to writing, she co-owns a Silicon Valley marketing communications firm and enjoys skiing, hiking, and spending time with her husband and two children.

Her debut young adult novel, TIME BETWEEN US, is being published in sixteen languages and has been optioned for film. The conclusion to the story, TIME AFTER TIME, will be available in October 2013.

You can visit her on the Web at www.TamaraIrelandStone.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfectly told story with deftly drawn characters and gorgeous prose-- a must read! April 23, 2013

By Christina (Ensconced in YA) TOP 500 REVIEWER

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I don't even know where to start. It's been a while since I was speechless from a book. Tamara Ireland Stone is coming to my town for a signing soon, and so I picked up her book. I had no idea what a treasure I was buying!

Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone focuses on Anna, a girl who lives in the year 1995, who meets a strange boy named Bennett. He appears and disappears one day when she is running at a track, but when she meets him again at school the next day, it's as if he never knew her in the first place. This starts a romantic adventure of a love that spans time, space, and every other dimension.

I don't want to say too much more about the plot, because it's incredible to get to experience it all firsthand. The writing is gorgeous, and it took all of my willpower to put it down last night and not stay up all night finishing it. The characters are well drawn, and it's hard not to like Anna. She's a great main character, and Bennett is intriguing. Her parents are briefly mentioned, but in a few deft strokes, you can tell what their personalities are like. Emma, as the best friend, was my other favorite-- and I can hear her Brit accent in my head. The plot races along at a perfect pace, and while I'm not usually one for description, it takes a central role in this novel. I can imagine all the beautiful places in my head so effortlessly with the way Stone describes them. I can feel the sand between my toes, and the chalk as I dust it on my hands before hitching myself up on the first crease of a rock face.

There are certain plot twists that I was doubtful about, but it all comes full circle as all loose ends are tied up in a way that makes sense and is completely believable (in this novel's reality). The ending is spot on-- usually difficult for most authors. Every move that Stone has made is right, and this book has currently stolen my heart as one of my favorite reads this year.

Overall, a gorgeously told novel with terrific characters, scenery, and pacing. Stone is one of the most talented authors that I have discovered this year, and I can't wait to pick up the next gem she writes!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Such an original and believable time-travel-love story! October 9, 2012

By The Bumble Girl

Format:Hardcover

Such an original and believable time-travel-love story!

Bennett travels through time, and usually he does it for fum. But this time, there is a reason he has to go back, and ends up in Anna's time. As much as he tries to stay away, tries to remain unnoticed by all so he doesn't disturb "history", is there a possibility that things happened for a reason? Was he meant to come here? To meet her?
Anna goes to a private school where everyone is the majority of the students are privileged own cars and have traveled plenty. Anna is okay with the fact that her parents both have to work overtime in order to put through her school to give her the best education and she is all prepared to start her senior year, with the hopes to travel once she graduates. It is something that she has always wanted to do and fears that she may not be able to because of her lack of finances... but in the end, life is good for Anna.
When she meets Bennett, its hard to say how she feels about him. And as she bumps into him and little by little gets to know him, she is not sure what to think of him. They're relationship slowly unfolds... she continuously feels that that Bennett may be hiding things; that he may not be telling her everything... can she trust him?

I really loved seeing how independent Anna was! Even after meeting Bennett and the things they went through, she did not completely crumble but got herself together and became stronger.
Oh my, and Bennett... you will fall in love with this boy! Other than the fact that he is a time traveler, he is still such a unique and memorable character. He is not perfect, but no boy ever is. But he makes up for it, in so many ways.

As a teen who grew up in the early 90's (oh my, did I just give away my age?!), who was in high school when Kurt Cobain passed away and who thought that Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam) was a god - all of the 90's references brought me back in time as well! I felt like I was 16, 17, 18 all over again, which makes me love this book even more!

And it has to be said, I really enjoyed this so much more than The Time Travelers Wife, which was much more serious and at times lagged - Time Between Us picks up after about 100 pages or so and then it has you continuously turning the pages! You won't be able to put it down - so be careful you don't get any paper-cuts!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best 2012 debuts December 21, 2012

By Nicole @ Paperback Princess

Format:Hardcover

I absolutely loved this story. The entire time that I was reading it, I had no idea how it was going to end, and that was the most exciting part. I adored Anna and Bennet as they tried to navigate the entirety of their relationship across so many different years.

I bought the hardcover of this book while still had the ARC to read, and once I finished this book I was so glad that I went out and spend the money to buy this book in its finished form. I loved how this book made me squeel as Bennet did these nice things for Anna and their romance budded.

I also loved the time travel theory that Tamara Ireland Stone came up with. That Bennet could go no earlier than his birth and no later than the date that he was in. I think that too often people want to write about time travel but not the different intricacies that go into traveling through time.

I think what really did it for me in this book was that Anna wasn't a push over when it came to her relationship with Bennet. When she got mad at him for something he did that she felt was wrong, she stuck with it, she didn't let herself be pushed around because she didn't want to lose him, and she most certainly didn't go catatonic when life ripped them apart.

All in all, my friends, move this to the top of your to-read list, because this is a book you don't want to miss out on.