Bring Back Yesterday - Softcover

Sirof, Harriet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595131476 ISBN 13: 9780595131471

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

When Lisa's parents die in an airplane crash, Lisa must go to live with irresponsible, unpredictable Aunt Alice. Grief-stricken and miserable, Lisa is transported back in time to Shakespearean England. There she meets Rooji, who wants to be an actor like "Cousin Will." The girls disguise themselves as boys to join a London acting company. As Bring Back Yesterday alternates between Shakespeare's London and present day New York, Lisa copes with eerily parallel riots, arrest, and trials in both worlds and gradually discovers the strength to get past her grief and take her first steps into a new life.

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About the Author

Harriet Sirof is the author of nine novels and three non-fiction books for young adults, as well as numerous short stories for adults and juveniles, articles and educational materials. She teaches writing at Brooklyn College.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8?Lisa's world is turned upside down when her parents are killed in a plane crash caused by a terrorist bomb. On a trip to England for a memorial service, she finds herself transported back to Shakespeare's time where she meets a girl her own age named Rooji, the same name as her imaginary childhood friend. Back in New York, she moves in with her Aunt Alice, a veterinarian, who is not used to having an adolescent around. Lisa finds it a difficult adjustment, and retreats into Rooji's time. Then Alice takes on organizing a demonstration for improved airline security when Lisa would prefer not to call any attention to herself or the tragedy. Through this effort, Lisa meets Brian, whose brother was killed on the same plane. This friendship and Alice's arrest and trial after the demonstration help Lisa come to understand her aunt better and to accept her new life. She then chooses to stop going back in time. The story of Lisa's adjustment to loss and change is well done. Readers will experience her moods and feelings, and her struggle to keep going while screaming inside. However, the time-fantasy element detracts from rather than enhances the story. It somewhat parallels Lisa's own life, but none of the people really come alive. The shifts in time interrupt the flow of the plot. Still, readers will enjoy this story of Lisa's struggles to come to terms with tragic loss.?Jane Gardner Connor, South Carolina State Library, Columbia
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Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595131476
• ISBN 13: 9780595131471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180