Yesterday Is History
Readers rate it 3.9 (14 on Hardcover)
320 pages · Released Feb 2, 2021 · Sourcebooks Fire
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Yesterday Is History is a YA science fiction romance centered on a gay Black teenager navigating time travel, identity, and love. The book meaningfully explores LGBTQ+ themes and features diverse, thoughtful characters, making it most appropriate for mid-to-older teens. While generally age-appropriate for the YA audience, it contains some sexual content and mild language, plus references to racism and historical prejudice tied to the 1960s setting that warrant parent awareness.
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Andre Cobb hopes his luck is finally turning around. After being sick for as long as he can remember, he's finally gotten the liver transplant he desperately needed. Now his life can finally begin. But weeks after the operation, he feels shaky and ill, passes out, and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected...the past. S... Andre Cobb hopes his luck is finally turning around. After being sick for as long as he can remember, he's finally gotten the liver transplant he desperately needed. Now his life can finally begin. But weeks after the operation, he feels shaky and ill, passes out, and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected...the past. Somehow, he's slipped through time to the 1960s version of his neighborhood in Boston. While there he meets Michael, who he is instantly connected to. Michael is everything Andre is not. He's free-spirited, artistic, and open to all of life's possibilities. But just as suddenly as he arrived, Andre slips back to present-day Boston. As he tries to figure out what happened, the family of his donor reaches out to let him know his new liver may have side effects... of the time travel variety. They task their youngest son, Blake, with the job of helping Andre figure out the ins and outs of his new ability. As Andre trains with Blake, he can't help but feel attracted to him. Blake understands Andre in a way no one else ever has. But every time Andre journeys to the past, he's drawn back into to Michael's world. Torn between two boys, one in the past and one in the present, Andre has to figure out where he belongs and more importantly who he wants to be before the consequences of jumping in time catch up to him and changes his fate for good.
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Science Fiction
- LGBTQ
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- Romance
- Children's fiction
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ISBN 9781492694342 · Sourcebooks Fire