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Fast Forward

Marilyn Kaye (2002)

SubgenreLow Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesThe Plague Trilogy #3
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.37
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeHumorSelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Time-DisplacedReluctant Hero

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterComing of AgeMentor FigureReluctant Hero

Themes

Consequences of ActionsComing of AgeProblem-SolvingResponsibilityTechnology and Ethics

Synopsis

With his grandmother's new invention, the Anti-Boredom Machine, twelve-year-old Kieran finds that he can speed up time or travel back into the past, but this ability soon creates more problems than it solves.

Is Fast Forward appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A lighthearted time-travel adventure about a boy learning to handle consequences. Appropriate for middle grade readers with no concerning content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Kids will enjoy the wish-fulfillment of controlling time and the funny situations that arise when things go wrong.

Tags

Time TravelScience Fiction ElementsLight Fantasy