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Both Sides of Time by Caroline B. Cooney

Annie is the main character. She is sixteen years old and lives in the 20th century, but ends up traveling back in time to the 19th century. She meets Strat, the love she has always wanted. When she returns to her time, she tells her mother that her father is cheating on her. What she realizes is, in the 19th century, Strat is doing the same thing to Harriet, and she feels guilty, because it's her fault. So she doesn't end up interfering with history, she goes back to the 19th century, breaks up with Strat, (she is very broken-hearted though) and proceeds to return to her own time.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - love triangle/polygon
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - finding a killer (criminal)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Descript. of chases or violence - 10 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %
Story largely takes place in - Middle Ages-1899

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - 20th century - 19th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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