A Year Without Autumn

A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler follows Autumn and Jenny who are headed to the timeshare that their families have vacationed at for years.  While on the way to Autumn's house Jenni takes an elevator and finds another woman in Jenni's apartment.  She soon learns that the elevator has taken her one year into the future, a future where Jenni and Autumn's life has fallen apart because of a horrible accident.  Jenni must deal with everything and figure out how she keeps ending up in the future.

This is a terrific and original book about how one thing can change everything and how loss and tragedy can effect a whole community.  A book of family and friendship.  I loved both Jenni and Autumn and the interaction between their families.  The magic aspect was added perfectly and even slightly believable, making it just a little more than a contemporary novel.  I finished the book very quickly and couldn't put it down.

Appropriateness:  There is no adult content in this book.  There is no romance (except a bit of matchmaking with older characters) and the middle school age characters act like normal middle school aged students.  I would recommend this book to readers 10-14