Girl Out of Time

You can't choose your time. You can choose what you make of it.

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Anna Armstrong

Anna Armstrong

The story

The future isn't foretold. It's hers to make.

After losing her parents, science-obsessed Anna Armstrong is sent to live on her uncle's research farm—where she discovers Mara, a brilliant woman from the future hiding from the consequences of changing time.

Their unlikely friendship carries Anna from the Indiana countryside to alien worlds and headlong into a mystery that could reshape humanity's fate. But as the past begins to unravel and a fragile future hangs in the balance, Anna must learn that hope isn't something you wait for, it's something you build.

A thrilling, heartfelt adventure about grief, friendship, and finding the courage to ask: What will you do with all this future?

What readers are saying

Boyer forefronts imaginative inventions such as antigravity boots and cloaking devices, and astute meditations on fate and environmentalism, to devise a dynamic speculative romp that is both thoughtful and timely.

Publishers Weekly

Introducing alien worlds and time travel elements, Girl Out of Time is an exciting novel.

Foreword Reviews

Girl Out of Time is a thrilling adventure filled with hope, humor, and a hero you'll fall in love with.

Rick Little, founder of International Youth Foundation and ImagineNations

Girl Out of Time is a thought-provoking, intensely absorbing flight of fancy, perfect for every reader who dreams of flying further.

The Children's Book Review
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Green Earth Book Award

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For educators

Educators! Bring the whole class along on the adventure.

Class sets are available. Girl Out of Time was built for the classroom — and author, Clyde Boyer, will come visit yours at no charge, virtually or in person, to talk about writing, AI, biomimicry, and building a radically better future.

Curriculum tie-ins

Chapter-linked STEM and ELA entry points — biomimicry, causality, grief and voice in first person.

Discussion guide

Questions per chapter group, ready to print or project, with standards alignment.

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