Do you remember the one about...?
Edit FOUND: Storm at the Edge of Time by Pamela F. Service.
Brought my query into work today, amazing what a librarian can do with a paragraph and the power of NoveList at their fingertips. And, ironically enough, the backlog at whatwasthatbook means my post hasn't even gone up yet.
It's been bugging me all day. Both I and my rommate's googlefu have failed.
Looking for a novel I read mid-to-late Ninties as a girl. Didn't seem like a new book at the time so it could be an older publication. Most likely a teen book. Hardbound. Found, if I'm remembering correctly, somewhere in the last half of the alphabet author-wise at my regional library.
The story revolved around three teens/kids from different times/dimensions - a viking-esque boy, a modern girl, and a spiky haired, possibly blue, alien/futuristic boy. The teens all have some necklace / [item of power] / bloodline something or other that draws them to each others time periods as they search to find/fix something. I specifically remember them having to use disguises as they search through each of the time periods - the girl has one of the boys wear a hoodie when they're in her time period. The kids all had powers, though I can't remember if they had them to begin with and being together made them stronger or if they discovered the powers after they were thrown together. I remember, vaguely, the girl wanting a glass of water and making the glass float to her by visualizing the way it would feel in her hand and there was also an instance of them making themselves invisible. I believe the power got stronger when they held hands, or worked together to do things. The one image that stuck with me strongest from the book, and the reason I'd like to track it down, is one scene when, going back to future guy's place he stands under some sort of device that makes his hair, which had previously been wilting, spike back up 'like an electrified hedgehog/porcupine' to the uproarious laughter of the other two kids. And, he defends himself by telling them the spikes are traditional/cultural.
It's not the Diadem series by John Peel. (For a moment I thought it might be but I distinctly remember it being a decently-sized, 250-300 pages or so, hardbound and the teaser pages on Amazon disproved any further connection.)
Sound familiar to anyone?
◊ to be x-posted on whatwasthatbook
Brought my query into work today, amazing what a librarian can do with a paragraph and the power of NoveList at their fingertips. And, ironically enough, the backlog at whatwasthatbook means my post hasn't even gone up yet.
It's been bugging me all day. Both I and my rommate's googlefu have failed.
Looking for a novel I read mid-to-late Ninties as a girl. Didn't seem like a new book at the time so it could be an older publication. Most likely a teen book. Hardbound. Found, if I'm remembering correctly, somewhere in the last half of the alphabet author-wise at my regional library.
The story revolved around three teens/kids from different times/dimensions - a viking-esque boy, a modern girl, and a spiky haired, possibly blue, alien/futuristic boy. The teens all have some necklace / [item of power] / bloodline something or other that draws them to each others time periods as they search to find/fix something. I specifically remember them having to use disguises as they search through each of the time periods - the girl has one of the boys wear a hoodie when they're in her time period. The kids all had powers, though I can't remember if they had them to begin with and being together made them stronger or if they discovered the powers after they were thrown together. I remember, vaguely, the girl wanting a glass of water and making the glass float to her by visualizing the way it would feel in her hand and there was also an instance of them making themselves invisible. I believe the power got stronger when they held hands, or worked together to do things. The one image that stuck with me strongest from the book, and the reason I'd like to track it down, is one scene when, going back to future guy's place he stands under some sort of device that makes his hair, which had previously been wilting, spike back up 'like an electrified hedgehog/porcupine' to the uproarious laughter of the other two kids. And, he defends himself by telling them the spikes are traditional/cultural.
It's not the Diadem series by John Peel. (For a moment I thought it might be but I distinctly remember it being a decently-sized, 250-300 pages or so, hardbound and the teaser pages on Amazon disproved any further connection.)
Sound familiar to anyone?
◊ to be x-posted on whatwasthatbook