Extra Life

Gr 7 Up—Horace "Russ" Vale has a less than stellar school record. He tries to change his ways and finds an interest in filmmaking. With his friends, Russ sets out to make a film of his own. But when nothing goes according to plan, Russ has the opportunity to repeat the day through a mobile application on his cellular phone. The app warps him back in time, and the teen attempts to make things right for himself. Russ's ability to leap back in time creates parallel universes that pit him against himself as he works desperately to fix the future of his past actions. With each leap and the help of his friends and father, the teen protagonist must combat multiple doppelgangers roaming in the same space and finds that changing the past has exponential and sometime tragic consequences. The mechanics of the time travel are a bit complicated and get more so as each time warp unfolds. Fast-paced, action-packed, and sometimes violent, this novel provides another variation on the time-tested time travel trope.