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IN THE YEAR 2000
Melly and Anny Beth were old and ready to die. But when offered the chance to be young again by participating in a top-secret experiment called Project Turnabout, they agreed. They received injections that made them grow younger, and it seemed like a miracle. But when the injections that were supposed to stop the unaging process turned out to be deadly, Melly and Anny Beth decided to run for their lives.

Now it is 2085. Melly and Anny Beth are teenagers. They have no idea what will happen once they are babies again, but they do know they will soon be too young to take care of themselves. They need to find someone to help them before time runs out, once and for all. . . .

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Copyright © 2000 by Margaret Peterson Haddix

 

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Book design by Steve Scott

The text of this book is set in Melior.

ISBN 0-689-82187-5

eISBN 978-1-4424-5777-5

For Mary Greshel and Lacie Tucker,
and in memory of Opal Haddix

With thanks to my grandmother Mary Greshel; my husband’s grandmother Lacie Tucker; and my friend Margot McVoy for indulging my hypothetical questions and for telling me what it was like to live through much more of the twentieth century than I personally experienced. Thanks also to Renee Cho and David Gale for their help with this book and many others.

Contents

Part One

April 21, 2085

December 13, 2000

April 21, 2085

January 18, 2001

April 21, 2085

March 26, 2001

April 22, 2085

March 26, 2001

April 22, 2085

Part Two

April 23, 2085

April 21, 2001

April 22, 2001

April 24, 2085

November 8, 2006

April 24, 2085

April 24, 2085

April 2057

April 24, 2085

Part Three

April 25, 2085

April 25, 2085

April 26, 2085

April 26, 2085

April 27, 2085

April 27, 2085

April 27, 2085

April 27, 2085

May 15, 2085

June 3, 2085

Author’s Note

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