Time After Time (Best Wishes #3)

by Sarah Mlynowski (Author)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Best Wishes

The New York Times bestselling series!

Pass the magic on! This enchanting multi-author series is like American Girl with magic.

In this book, written by bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski and three-time Newbery Honor recipient Christina Soontornvat, the magic bracelet comes to a girl in Texas, who ends up in a Groundhog Day-style time loop.

Lucy Usathorn of Fort Worth, Texas is super excited for her class trip to the Natural History Museum, where her dad works. Sure, Ms. Brock, the strict school librarian who happens to be dating Lucy's dad (awkward) is chaperoning, but it'll still be the best day ever, right?

Wrong! Lucy has to watch in shock and humiliation as her dad proposes to Ms. Brock. Lucy is distraught. If only she could do this whole day over from scratch . . .Enter the magic bracelet. It arrives in the mail, with a long letter from Addie, a girl in Columbus, Ohio, who had the bracelet last time. The bracelet grants wishes, and Lucy knows just what to wish for: a do-over day, where she'll fix everything and most importantly, prevent her dad from proposing to Ms. Brock.

The wish comes true--but not quite as Lucy expected. Her day keeps repeating over and over, and things keep getting worse in unique (and hilarious) ways. With the help of her new long-distance friends, Addie and Becca, will Lucy be able to figure her way out of this time loop . . .before it's too late?

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Kirkus

Gentle, inventive, and delightfully magical.

Review quotes

Praise for Best Wishes #3:

[A] lighthearted yet poignant tale. Once again, the fantastical premise is used to wonderful effect—as Lucy relives her day, she eventually learns a much-needed lesson...Gentle, inventive, and delightfully magical. — Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Best Wishes #2:

Mayhem, confusion, twists and turns, and even laugh-out-loud hilarity ensue...Delightful, with just the right touch of magic. — Kirkus Reviews

Provides welcome humor as well as insights...engaging and fun. — Booklist

Praise for Best Wishes #1:

Readers will love Becca... A coming-of-age tale told with humor, compassion, and more than a touch of magic. — Kirkus Reviews

The lively first volume in a planned series about a magical bracelet capable of bestowing a single wish [has a] brisk pace and...may well be helpful to girls ages 7-11 who are in friendship throes. — The Wall Street Journal

An empathetic heroine and winningly absurd situations offer over-the-top hilarity. — Publishers Weekly

Sarah Mlynowski
ANU CHOUHAN is a Punjabi-Canadian illustrator and video game artist. Anu recently illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the New York Times bestselling book Aru Shah and the End of Time, and is working on her picture book debut. Her art has been featured by the CBC, the BBC, Harper's Bazaar, Bride India, The Times of India, and The Times of London. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Learn more at anumation.ca.
Sarah Mlynowski is the New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series, the Magic in Manhattan series, Best Wishes, Gimme a Call, and a bunch of other books for teens and tweens, including the Upside-Down Magic series, which she cowrites with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins and which was adapted into a movie for the Disney Channel. Originally from Montreal, Sarah now lives in Los Angeles with her family. Visit Sarah online at sarahm.com and find her on Instagram, Facebook, and X at @sarahmlynowski.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338628319
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication date
November 20, 2023
Series
Best Wishes
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
Library of Congress categories
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