A truly original debut novel from an exceptionally talented new voice in children's literature. Laugh, cry, and marvel at this time-travel story of a boy who journeys back to 1984 to prevent a go-kart accident and save his father's life. My father died twice. Once when he was thirty-nine, and again four years later when he was twelve. The first time had nothing to do with me. The second time definitely did, but I would never have been there if it weren't for his time machine. When Al Chaudhury discovers his late father's time machine, he realizes that it takes courage and imagination to return to the 1980s. It also requires lying, stealing, breaking and entering, and setting his school on fire, all while not losing his hamster Alan Shearer.