Lost Through Time — Jessica Tornese

Sequel to "Linked Through Time" “There never was a body, you know.” Such is the bizarre statement from Gran only weeks after Kate has returned from an accidental time traveling incident, surviving certain death…twice. Capturing Sarah's killer seemed to be the reason for Kate's disappearance, but Gran believes otherwise. Learning of Kate's power to time travel loosens memories and desires Gran has long since buried. Gran is set on finding Sarah, who she believes never died the night she was thrown in the river, but instead, went back in time through the Rapid River portal. With rudimentary research and analysis, Gran thinks she has unlocked the secrets to controlling the time traveling link that she and Kate share with their ancestors and she wants to use Kate to bring Sarah back. When Kate agrees, she is shocked to learn that in this more aggressive form of time travel she doesn't become Sarah, but trades places with her: Kate is sent to Baudette, Minnesota in 1910 while Sarah travels to 2000! Baudette's catastrophic 1910 fire and the typhoid epidemic are the least of Kate's worries. Her chances of a return trip are thwarted with the struggle just to survive, and Sarah, reliving her lost childhood in the comforts of the modern day, decides she'll never return to the past... "Lost Through Time is a science fiction time travel novel that you won't be able to put down. Tornese's cinematic descriptions and action scenes brings readers into the lives of early 20th Century Minnesota settlers during the time of the devastating 1910 Baudette Fire. Kate, a spoiled 21st Century teen takes over the body of her great Aunt Vickie. With the help of Viv, Vickie's identical twin sister, Kate quickly learns to attend to the needs of her six children and overworked husband. Kate also knows the family history. Sometime in October Vickie and her daughter, Mary, will die in the horrendous prairie fires that destroyed Baudette. Kate can only hope to change the course of history if she can survive the daily trials of prairie life." - Michael Thal, author of The Legend of Koolura.