Books with title Walking Backwards

Skye wants what all teenagers want--to survive high school. She lives in Southern California, though, which is making that difficult. Her mother has fallen victim to the pseudo-New Age culture and insists on dragging her to consciousness-raising workshops and hypnotists. As if this weren't difficult enough, Skye falls in love with Jessica, a troubled gothic punk girl who cuts herself regularly with sharp objects. When she finds her boyfriend having sex with Jessica in a bathroom stall at a rave, her romantic illusions collapse and she has to face the fact that she's been running away from her mother's insanity. Right when things look their worst though, Skye is helped by Mol, a pagan who becomes her true friend, and Lorri, a graceful volelyball player with whom she finds real love. From them she learns how to feel authentic emotions in a culture of poseurs and New Age charlatans. In this anti-coming-of-age novel, where growing up is irrelevant, this is the best gift of all.

Where to start? It begins with an attempt by a boy to carry a small dog into the kitchen through a door. Easy? It didn't happen, nothing like that happened at all. One moment nearly in the kitchen, next moment a voice and everything changed, except for the kitchen which stayed the same and is totally irrelevant to the story. The author bless takes us on a journey across the Universal Universes. It starts with him (the boy not the author) and Maisie (the carried small dog) taken on a journey rather badly by a 'Collect and delivery Operative', who basically messes up on her first assignment. Everything that could go wrong, goes wrong which of course makes the story much more exciting. Prepare to visit Worlds, all sorts of people, mechanical things and listen to an Invisible Voice on Daphnis, a bit of a rock on the edges of Saturn. You will travel across the Universal Universes with the young lad and Maisie. Good luck, you will need it.

It was Saturday, November 15, but I didn't know that. I wouldn't understand the strange countdown of days that formed my existence until later. All I knew then was that I was alive, alone, and trapped in the body of a dead person. At the moment Dan's life ends, the Rider's life begins. Unwillingly tied to Dan, the Rider finds himself moving backwards in time, each day revealing more of the series of events that led to Dan's suicide. As the Rider struggles to figure out what he's meant to do, he revels in the life Dan ignores: his little sister, always disappointed by her big brother's rejection; his overwhelmed mom, who can never rely on Dan for help; and Cat - with her purple hair, artistic talent, and misfit beauty. But Cat doesn't want anything to do with Dan. What did he do? As the days move in reverse, it's up to the Rider to find out why Cat is so angry and what he must do to make things right.

An unusual psychological thriller asks: Is it possible to fix a tragic future by changing the past—while experiencing life backwards?At the moment Dan's life ends, the Rider's begins. Unwillingly tied to Dan, the Rider finds himself moving backwards in time, each day revealing more of the series of events that led to Dan's suicide.As the Rider struggles to figure out what he's meant to do, he revels in the life Dan ignores. Beyond the simple pleasures of a hot shower and the sun on his face, the Rider also notices the people around Dan: his little sister, always disappointed by her big brother's rejection, his overwhelmed mom, who can never rely on Dan for help, and Cat—with her purple hair, artistic talent, and misfit beauty. But Cat doesn't want anything to do with Dan. While the days move in reverse and Halloween looms, it's up to the Rider to find out why Cat is so angry, and what he must do to make things right.In his second novel for teens, Todd Mitchell turns time around as the Rider attempts to fix the future by changing the past and experiences the joys and heartbreak of living backwards.