Sixteen in No Time - BJ Rowley

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10 Apr 2008 03:14 PM

Celinda and her friend Mandy are looking forward to the junior prom. Celinda has been asked to go by Travis Foxx, the hottest guy in school, and Mandy has her eye on a guy of her own. The dance is just a week away and they're full of high hopes. . . but there's a problem. They each have rules in their homes that they can't date until they're sixteen, and the prom comes right before their birthdays. Consequently, their parents say they can't go.

Heartbroken, Celinda decides there has to be a way to get around her parents. She thinks and thinks, but can't come up with anything until a boy in her class gives her a book on wishing. The book presents the idea that if you wish long enough and hard enough for something, especially at just the right cosmic time, that wish will be granted. And, it turns out, Sunday afternoon at four o'clock is the perfect cosmic time.

Celinda invites Mandy over on Sunday afternoon and they sit on Celinda's floor, wishing with all their might that somehow, they'll be able to go to the prom. A strange wind blows through the room, but nothing else happens. Deciding it was a waste of time, the girls go on with life until suddenly, something like an earthquake happens and everyone freezes, but them.

Horace, the Special Agent in charge of such things, appears and tells them they have four days to live in warp-time. Everyone else is moving very slowly in comparison, and the girls will age four days in four minutes. When they are put back into real time, they'll be four days older and will be old enough to go to the prom. But how will they ever prove it to their parents?

The girls spent the next four days trying to get their parents' attention so they'll be able to prove the time warp theory. In the process, they stop a bus accident, break up a physical assault, and move a bomb a safe distance away from its target. You'll enjoy their adventures and cheer them on as they come back to real time and explain to their parents what really happened.

This fun young adult read was a delight and I look forward to sharing it with my daughter.

(This book was published in 2001 by Golden Wings.)

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