The Other Mr. Bax

With Her Senior Year Looming, Tess Mckinnon Has Two Goals: Hanging Out With Her Best Friend, Liz, And Avoiding Her Judgmental, Alcoholic Mother. Then Yummy John Bartley Arrives-to Tell Mrs. Mckinnon That Her Daughter Is Dead. Distinctly Still Alive, Tess Is Baffled By John's Tales Of 1800s Time Travel, Rewritten Lives, And Love. She Knows She's Never Seen Him Before, But Her Feelings Refuse To Be Denied. When Tess And John Discover An Aged Newspaper Clipping That Indicates John's Uncle Was Hanged For Tess's Murder In 1875, John Decides To Return To His Time To Save His Uncle's Life. Not Really Sure She Even Believes In This Time Travel Stuff, Tess Checks The Article After John Leaves. The Words Have Changed, And She Is Horrified To Find That John Has Been Hanged Instead. Armed With Determination And Modern Ingenuity, Tess Must Abandon Her Past And Risk Her Future For A Chance To Catch Her Own Killer And Find Her First Love For The Second Time. "With her senior year looming, Tess McKinnon has two goals: hanging out with her best friend, Liz, and avoiding her judgmental, alcoholic mother. Then yummy John Bartley arrives - to tell Mrs. McKinnon that her daughter is dead. Distinctly still alive, Tess is baffled by John's tales of 1800s time travel, rewritten lives, and love. She knows she's never seen him before, but her feelings refuse to be denied. When Tess and John discover an aged newspaper clipping that indicates John's uncle was hanged for Tess's murder in 1875, John decides to return to his time to save his uncle's life. Not really sure she even believes in this time travel stuff, Tess checks the article after John leaves. The words have changed, and she is horrified to find that John has been hanged instead. Armed with determination and modern ingenuity, Tess must abandon her past and risk her future for a change to catch her own killer and find her first love for the second time"--Page 4 of cover Sequel to The Sun, the Moon, and Maybe the Trains With her senior year looming, Tess McKinnon has two goals: hanging out with her best friend, Liz, and avoiding her judgmental, alcoholic mother. Then yummy John Bartley arrivesto tell Mrs. McKinnon that her daughter is dead. Distinctly still alive, Tess is baffled by Johns tales of 1800s time travel, rewritten lives, and love. She knows shes never seen him before, but her feelings refuse to be denied. When Tess and John discover an aged newspaper clipping that indicates Johns uncle was hanged for Tesss murder in 1875, John decides to return to his time to save his uncles life, but when Tess checks the article after Johns departure, she is horrified to discover that John has been hanged instead. Armed with determination and modern ingenuity, Tess must abandon her past and risk her future for a chance to catch her own killer and find her first love for the second time. "Seventeen year old John Bartley lives in the tiny village of Greendale, Vermont. One day in 1875 he walks into the woods and stumbles into 2009. Fortunately he stumbles upon Tess McKinnon. To earn her trust, he must first convince her that he is neither a lunatic nor a liar."--Back cover