It's a fun, engaging read that will be an easy sell for teens wanting to time travel with a delightful narrator.” - School Library Journal
“This first installment of a trilogy will soon find a new crop of fans in the United States. Bell's deft translation captures an engaging heroine with a cell phone and a sense of humor, an emerging romance and a complex, unresolved time-travel mystery spanning four centuries.” - Kirkus Reviews “As she narrates this fast-paced puzzler, Gwen convincingly conveys the bewilderment, fear and excitement of a teen rooted in the present but catapulted from her school-girl routine into the past. “Gier's romantic story is an excellent opportunity to explore fashions of the past, if nothing else, but it's also a page-turner that will have you wanting to learn German so you don't have to wait for the next translation to be published.” - Channel One.com
“Teen readers will be eager to find out what happens to Gwen and Gideon in their next adventures, to be revealed in the second book of the trilogy, Sapphire Blue, followed by Emerald Green.” - BookPage There's something here for everyone.” - Shelf Awareness “The characters in Kerstin Gier's stellar story come fully to life, and veteran translator Anthea Bell (who translated Cornelia Funke's Inkheart books) preserves the book's abundant humor. “What makes this such a standout is the intriguingly drawn cast, stars and supporting players both, beginning with Gwen, whose key feature is her utter normality… Adventure, humor, and mystery all have satisfying roles here.” - Starred, Booklist
Both will leave readers anticipating the publication of the next installment, ‘Sapphire Blue.'” - The New York Times Book Review “Gier succeeds on her own terms, keeping the reader moving along, forward and backward in time, and ending with a revelation and a cliffhanger. The gene was supposed to have skipped Gwen, but sneaks up on her unexpectedly in the middle of class one day and hurls her way back to the 18th century, where she meets an insufferable-turns-lovable time-traveling boy named Gideon. “Sixteen-year-old Londoner Gwyneth Shepherd comes from a family of time travelers. The final romantic cliffhanger will leave you thirsty for the next book in this ‘jewel' of a series.” - Justine magazine “Humorous, romantic and suspenseful, the plot is fast-paced and impossible to put down.
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