Time's Edge

Gr 7 Up—Kate has a sense of urgency now that she understands what her evil grandfather, Saul, is planning. In order to stop him from altering time permanently, she must make a series of time jumps to retrieve as many of the Chronos Keys as possible. This is complicated by a number of factors, including the need to avoid the bad guys and, more importantly, other incarnations of herself. If that weren't stressful enough, she's tasked with carrying on/nurturing a relationship with her boyfriend, Trey, whose memories of their romance were wiped out by the time changes. Couple that with Kate's attraction to Kiernan, another teen she allies with in the last century, and you have the makings for a major teen meltdown. Unfortunately, this book falls considerably short of the first installment in the series, in part because of an overabundance of dialogue and not enough action as well as Kate's semi-blasé attitude toward a situation that might destroy everything dear to her. Kate Rudd, however, does a good job of narrating.