A time-travel, historical fiction adventure for Middle Grade readers and up. A combination of Harry Potter, Nancy Drew, and maybe a little Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Untimely Journey of Veronica T. Boone books have been praised by educators as a fun, positive, exciting way for to learn American history.
When her school is attacked by time-traveling Pug-Nasties, 12-year-old Molly fights back. Aided by the mysterious Veronica T. Boone, she jumps through time herself to stop the Nasties where they began, in Chicago in 1893. But the Nasties and their evil mistress give chase, and now Molly and Veronica are on the run - decades before they were born!
With adventure, friendship, dramatic chases, exotic travel, tornadoes, Presidents of the United States, millionaires, gangsters, bootleggers, monsters, and one helpful but ornery African dwarf mongoose, The Untimely Journey of Veronica T. Boone is a heart-pounding race through the 20th Century, a race Molly and Veronica can't afford to lose. The winners will save history - while the losers will vanish forever...
After my escape, and yet another but brutal last year at the same high school, my school sent me their condolences and made sure to inform my future college of my past. I didn't bother to say goodbye to my "friends" or Preston, my ex.
The police allowed me to change things, including changing my name & hair, but other than that, I was still me. Once I got my new identity, I tried to start anew. Moving me to a new place was the best thing the police and Dr Matthews allowed me to do, but it still didn't stop this nudging feeling that kept coming over me. I don't know why, but for some reason, I could tell that my kidnapper (Mr Blue) was going to come back for me.
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On the two year anniversary since my abduction, the past comes back to haunt me. The only thing that's changed is that I'm not the only one on his Hit List. My friends are too. I was finally happy after what happened to me during my junior year of high school. Three amazing people helped me find my way, and I wasn't about to lose them to the same person who abducted me little under two years ago.
This time, I will fight him, and I will win.
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#1 in the Decision series
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Cover made by me (JkGsonny).
Started: March 19, 2018
Finished: April 25, 2018