SYNOPSIS:

Seventeen-year-old Prenna James immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except Prenna didn’t come from a different country. She came from a different time—a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins.

Prenna and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set of rules: never reveal where they’re from, never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the plague that will one day ravage the earth.

But everything changes when Prenna falls for Ethan Jarves. 

WHY SHOULD YOU CHECK IT OUT?

Anne Brashares is most famously known as the author of THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS.  This go around, she’s taking us TIME-traveling, through her protagonist, Prenna, at least!

With promises of romance, the fate of the world and time, and possibly questionable motives behind the shady actions of the leaders of Prenna’s community make this novel a must have for any YA science-fiction aficionados.

EARLY REVIEWS SAY…

Like the girls in Brashares’s “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series, Prenna is smart, self-deprecating, and believably mesmerized by a first love characterized by mutual respect and intimacy. (Library Journal)

Brashares forays into science fiction in this fast-paced, gripping, and romantic novel about a girl from a future that seems eerily possible. … [H]er fans will be happy to find that her prose is as resonant and realistic as ever.  (Publishers Weekly)

NECESSARY DETAILS

YA Science Fiction

Hardcover & ebook, 256 pages

Published on April 8th 2014 by Delacorte Press (ISBN 0385906296)

 http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212953/the-here-and-now-by-ann-brashares