A review by jwinchell
Once Was a Time by Leila Sales

3.0

Love Leila Sales and liked this tween novel that mashes up historical and speculative fiction. Grounded in WWII England, Lottie time travels to 2013 Wisconsin. Sort of like The Time Traveler's Wife, after Lottie hops into a portal and adjusts to 6th grade life, her bestie Kitty continues living and is elderly when they meet again in 2015. Framed by libraries and reading, science and history-lite... there is great suspense built easily and quickly here, and the small size of the book and 760 Lexile means it is a speedy read.