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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK from the author of the GEEK GIRL series, now on NETFLIX!

"Fascinating...witty...self-deprecating...We meet Cassandra on the worst day of her life. She's getting fired, her boyfriend dumps her, and her roommates hate her. On that same day, she discovers she has the power to go…

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Time travel AND Greek mythology? Yes and PLEASE! The quirky main character-narrator's tone is reminiscent of Rosie (The Rosie Project), which I also loved. Named for Cassandra of Greek myth (the goddess who could foretell the future but nobody believed her), this Cassandra sees the world in colors, yet at the same time, in "black and white" as her autism manifests. She first time travels by accident on a terrible day in her life, and once she figures out what has happened, she tries to fix everything - and fails over and over again. But not in a Groundhog's Day…

I’ve always been drawn to the mythological character of Cassandra. Many times, I feel like her, always accurately predicting the future, but no one listens to me. I loved this twist on the Cassandra myth—this particular Cassandra is neurodivergent and clearly does not understand the people around her. She has a terrible day—she gets dumped and fired, and the café is out of banana muffins. 

In the freak out that follows, she learns that she has the ability to rewind time in small bits so she can do things over again. It’s like Groundhog’s Day, but on purpose. And as…

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