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

15 year old Annie Loackwood living in 1995 is transported back in time to the year 1895 and falls in love with Strat. However, trouble ensures when Strat is promised to another and Annie must return to her own time-or will they beat the odds?


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
City? Yes
City: - New York - dangerous - wealthy
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - moving train

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Focus of story - equally on 3 in a l-triangle
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - no sex
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