"A book about a time-traveling app? I'm in! Jen Calonita strikes again with a coming-of-age middle grade full of wit and a little bit of magic. " -NYT bestselling author of the Whatever After and Upside Down Magic series' Sarah Mlynowski You can retake your photos...but what if could redo moments in your life too? With one magical app, Zoe is able to do just that! A smart and funny twist on time travel from New York Times bestselling author Jen Calonita, for fans for Disney's Zapped and The Swap.
Jen Calonita isan author of the New York Times bestselling series, A Twisted Tale. She is also theauthor of the award-winning of the Fairy Tale Reform School series and Secrets of My Hollywood Life. She lives in New York with her husband, two boys, and two fesity chihuahuas. If Jen could use an app to retake any moment, she'd stop herself from getting that perm in eigth grade. Visit her online at- www.jencalonitaonline.com and Twitter @jencalonita.
“While the notion of traveling back in time to repair the present
isn’t new to middle-grade fiction, many readers will empathize with
Zoe’s determination to succeed and her mishaps along the way, while
sharing her confusion over the overlapping, conflicting memories
that she has created.” —Booklist
“A book about a time-traveling app? I’m in! Jen Calonita strikes
again with a coming-of-age middle grade full of wit and a little
bit of magic." —Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times
bestselling author of the Whatever After and Upside Down Magic
series
"A brilliant friendship story that champions kindness, resilience
and the courage to challenge long-held expectations—both of others
and of yourself." —Lauren Myracle, co-author of the New York
Times bestselling Upside-Down Magic series
"Jen Calonita puts a magical spin on all-too-real middle school
drama. Warm, witty and wise, The Retake is for anyone who has
broken up with a best friend and wished they could go back to the
way it used to be." —Megan McCafferty, author of True to Your
Selfie and Jessica Darling’s It List series
"As addictive as your favorite app, you won't be able to put it
down." —Stacy McAnulty, author
of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
"The Retake offers a new filter on friendships, growing up, and
sometimes growing apart. It's heartbreaking at times and yet so
much fun! I wish I could have read it when I was navigating junior
high.... Wait! Is there an app for that?" —Mari Mancusi,
author of The Camelot Code: The Once and Future Geek
“A classic turn-back-time tale for the Instagram generation,
readers won’t want to stop 'scrolling' through the pages.” —School
Library Journal
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