From the Academy Award-winning, Grammy-winning, and New York Times
bestselling author Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and the New York Times
bestselling author S. A. Cosby comes this thrill-a-minute novel--the
first in a rollicking time-travel adventure series that's perfect for
fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and Tristan Strong Punches a
Hole in the Sky.
Seventh grader Rahim Reynolds loves testing out the gadgets invented by
his brilliant friend Kasia Collins. First there were the X-ray glasses
and all the trouble they caused. Now there's the new cell phone she
built for his birthday, even though his parents won't let him have one.
But Rahim is excited to use the phone to search for videos of his
favorite old-school rap group. What he doesn't know is the phone has a
special battery that interfaces with a secret government satellite,
which spells trouble when the phone transports him back to 1997. Almost
immediately, he learns what every time traveler before him has: Actions
in the past jeopardize the future. With Kasia as his only lifeline to
the present, Rahim works with her to get home unscathed, all the while
dodging bullies (on his end) and suspicious government agents (on hers).
Philadelphia in the late nineties is a new world for Rahim and Kasia,
but it is a familiar place for Questlove, who, alongside S. A. Cosby,
delivers a high-velocity tale where two best friends discover that
sometimes the best beat is the one that brings you back home.
