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Book Review By Isabel
Both Sides of Time by Caroline B. Cooney

Annie Lockwood is a hopeless romantic who wishes she lived 100 years ago. She believes she could find true love in a different time. When she travels to 1895, she finds romance with a young man but has to deal with his family and their expectations. Also, a mystery occurs as soon as she arrives and the people around her are weary of her. Will she be believed or did she get herself into this situation too far?


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action:
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Time Travel Yes
Type of time travel - present to past

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - a teen
Unusual characteristics?

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
Profession/status:
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Island? Yes
Island: - on vacation
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - prison

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 30%
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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