Stealing Time


When There’s No Time Left, You Have To Steal It!​
Tori lives in 2020 and her parents are getting divorced. Bobby lives in 1980 and his family is about to fall apart. But when Tori finds herself stranded in 1980, the two must join forces and prevent a crime that might destroy everyone they care about. Simultaneously home and not home, Tori finds herself in a gritty New York just beginning to claw its way out of bankruptcy. Pollution and crime are rampant; graffiti is everywhere; cell phones and the Internet don’t exist. Can two teenagers stop the jewelry theft of the decade? Will Tori ever get back to her own time? And how will Bobby react when she tells him that she’s an accidental time-traveler—and his daughter?

A Claymore Top Pick at Killer Nashville 2024, Stealing Time was ranked #15 on Amazon's Best-Sellers List of Newly Released Time Travel books.

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Here are some advance reader reviews:

Kirkus Reviews: "Jacobs and Birnbach’s time-traveling adventure combines SF and elements of classic caper and heist stories. Fans of will find much to love here. Though the concept of going back into the past to meet younger versions of family members has been done, Jacobs and Birnbach’s characters are distinctive enough to keep this work
feeling fresh. [This] solid, lighter SF yarn [is] a delight. A classic, well rendered."

PW's BookLife Reviews: "Jacobs and Birnbach offer a classically surreal time-travel dilemma with this spirited coming-of-age adventure... Beneath the time-travel adventure, a more profound message about bridging generational gaps between parents and children and the long-lasting impact of choices resonates throughout. The mix of thrilling heist antics and comic drama (“Sometimes when you talk, I understand every word but none of the sentences”) will keep time-travel enthusiasts hooked."

You Decide: Should I Read it or Not? blog: shouldireaditornot.wordpress.com/2024/09/28/stealing-time-tilia-klebenov-jacobs-and-norman-birnbach/ “Stealing Time was so good I sat down and reread it as soon as I’d finished. Now THAT’s a good read!"

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