Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed on 5/7/2013 + 291 more book reviews

This is the story of Julia, an 11 year old single child living in California when the world as she knows it begins to change. The Earth suddenly and inexplicably begins to slow it's rotation and the days and nights begin to lengthen, having impacts on everything from the birds in the sky, the whales in the ocean, and even to astronauts in space. The book is told from the perspective of Julia as a young adult, looking back on this time in her life. Some reviewers have given this story bad ratings for problems with scientific credibility. This is interesting to me, because I read an interview with the author who said that she vetted this book with an astrophysicist who deemed the book entirely credible. She said that she only made minor changes to the book on the advice of the scientist. Regardless, this book is a work of fiction and should be regarded as such. It is also an amazingly written work of fiction that reads like an elegy and should be read by everyone.

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