Synopses & Reviews
Genna is a fifteen-year-old girl who wants out of her tough Brooklyn neighborhood. But she gets more than she bargained for when a wish gone awry transports her back in time. Facing the perilous realities of Civil War-era Brooklyn, Genna must use all her wits to survive. In the tradition of Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, A Wish After Midnight is the affecting and inspiring tale of a fearless young woman’s fight to hold on to her individuality and her humanity in two different worlds.
Synopsis
"Although there is plenty of history embedded in the novel,
A Wish After Midnight is written with a lyrical grace that many authors of what passes for adult literature would envy." (Paula L. Woods for
The Defenders Online)
"Zetta Elliott's time travel novel A Wish After Midnight is a bit of a revelation...It's vivid, violent and impressive history." (Colleen Mondor for Bookslut)
Genna is a fifteen-year-old girl who wants out of her tough Brooklyn neighborhood. But she gets more than she bargained for when a wish gone awry transports her back in time. Facing the perilous realities of Civil War-era Brooklyn, Genna must use all her wits to survive. In the tradition of Octavia Butler's
Kindred and Madeleine L'Engle's
A Wrinkle in Time,
A Wish After Midnight is the affecting and inspiring tale of a fearless young woman's fight to hold on to her individuality and her humanity in two different worlds.
Synopsis
Genna Colon is a fifteen-year-old girl living in Brooklyn. She doesn?t have a lot to show for herself besides bad hair, an impossible crush on a classmate, and a dysfunctional family. What she does have?an intelligence beyond her peers?is not winning her many friends in school, so she seeks safe haven in her favorite place in the city: a quiet, enclosed garden with a fountain. When Genna flees into her sanctuary late one night, she makes a desperate wish and finds herself instantly transported back in time to Civil War?era Brooklyn. Displaced in the past, Genna realizes she has eluded one harsh reality only to surface in another. She must confront new horrors and all-too-familiar prejudices, while holding tightly to a cover-story that threatens to unravel at any moment. A Wish After Midnight is a cautionary tale, but author Zetta Elliott