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 3.5 stars 
 The year is 1996. Emma has just gotten her very first computer. Her neighbor and best friend, Josh, stops over with an AOL disc with X amount of free hours to use. Emma installs it right away and fires up the internet. When Emma signs onto AOL and begins to explore, a website randomly pops up. It's called "Facebook". While looking at the site, Emma finds herself there - 15 years in the future. Husband, photos, and all. 
 She tells Josh immediately, and after they determine it's not a prank being pulled by an outside party, they begin experimenting. They create what they call 'ripples' in their present life just to see the outcome 15 years later. Emma isn't happy with what she sees, and begins to obsess over Facebook and her future life. She starts changing not only her future, but Josh's as well... and not always for the better. 
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 I have a couple negative things to say, and I hate to do it. 
 The premise of this book was SO epic. Sadly, the story did not quite live up to that. If you have an epic idea for a book, make the book epic! It wasn't. It focused so much on the teen angst and relationship issues between Josh and Emma that the fantastic idea of seeing your future on Facebook was secondary when it should have been front and center. 
 I also hate the fact that the ending is like a slap in the face to the readers. I thought perhaps we would get some sort of idea as to where or why Facebook showed up on Emma's computer, but we didn't. There is no explanation and no closure. The only thing, again, that got any attention at the end was the relationship between Josh and Emma! I know my face fell when I realized it was happening. :( 
 What I did like: 
 I enjoyed the flashback! I was 11/12 years old in 1996, and this is when I got my first computer as well, or maybe 1997.. either way, it was around that time. I also had an AOL disc with free hours (lol gosh, who uses AOL anymore?). I think the author(s) described the dial-up and the holding-up-the-phone-line issues well (man, I remember my parents being crazy over it - because I would spend hours and hours holding up ours, lol), and they captured the feel of getting that first computer + internet really well, too. I remember that feeling and it was fun to relive it through this book. 
 The future-Facebook idea was still really awesome, even if not played out the way I wish it had been. I think the reactions the two teens had to their future status updates were realistic and also quite funny. I was laughing a whole lot while I read this book. My husband was eyeing me like I was from another planet or something. I wish I had written down some of my favorite quotes. I read this on my Kindle though, so I am not going to go back and search, but I promise it was hilarious! 
 I think this was a light, fun story. Definitely worth a read! I may not have loved it, but I liked it a bunch. It had a breezy plot that was paced out really well. I read it in about 5-6 hours. I'd recommend it for young adults who were probably in their teens in 1996, for sure. Younger folks won't really have the same reading experience from this book than someone who is currently 25-30, ya know? 
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 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group