Twelve-year-old Abby has a lot to worry about: Climate change. The news. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. And now moving to Florida for her mom's new job at an aerospace company. The Space Coast is nothing like home, and her mom's relentlessly positive attitude isn't helping Abby settle in. Then Abby meets two boys, Adam and Bix, who tell her they're a long way from home and need her help. Abby discovers that they're from the future and that in their time, the problems of the present have been solved. She strikes a deal with Adam and Bix: She'll help them--if they let her come to the future with them. But as they race to complete the boys' mission, Abby starts to wonder if they're hiding something from her. Is the future really as perfect as they say? And will Abby be making the right choice if she abandons her own time?

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Title: A Long Way from Home
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2022
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1728416701
ISBN 13: 9781728416700
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Good

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Twelve-year-old Abby has a lot to worry about: Climate change. The news. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. And now moving to Florida for her mom's new job at an aerospace company.

The Space Coast is nothing like home, and her mom’s relentlessly positive attitude isn’t helping Abby settle in.

Then Abby meets two boys, Adam and Bix, who tell her they’re a long way from home and need her help. Abby discovers that they’re from the future and that in their time, the problems of the present have been solved. She strikes a deal with Adam and Bix: She’ll help them―if they let her come to the future with them.

But as they race to complete the boys’ mission, Abby starts to wonder if they’re hiding something from her. Is the future really as perfect as they say? And will Abby be making the right choice if she abandons her own time?

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Laura Schaefer is the author of The Teashop Girls, The Secret Ingredient, and Littler Women: A Modern Retelling. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Laura currently lives in Windermere, Florida, with her husband and daughter, where she enjoys visiting theme parks and watching rocket launches from her front yard. Visit her online at lauraschaeferwriter.com and twitter.com/teashopgirl.

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