Everyone knows that a computer's "undo" command can erase a mistake. Gib Finney has been given a device that allows him to do the same thing - in real life. At first, the possibilities seem endless. Flunk a test; take it over again. Keep swinging at the same pitch until you finally hit the winning home run. But when his younger sister is gravely injured in a traffic accident for which he feels responsible, Gib has to figure out which events in a two-day period should be changed in order to ensure that the accident never takes place. Did it all begin when Gib and his friend Ash set out for the carnival? Or when he argued with Rainy Frogner about the salt in their science experiment? Or when he shot the spitball at his math teacher? Gib finds himself "correcting" far more than he intended to, and the consequences quickly become impossible to predict.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Young Readers category by the Bram Stoker Award. It also was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award. It was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Nutmeg Book Award. It was recognised by the Sequoyah Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Cricket Books, a division of Carus Publishing Co .