This was such a fun middle grade book. I would've been really into it when I was about 9-12 years old. I can definitely see the target demographic eating it up but there's enough there to appeal to older readers as well.

The different timelines were interesting and a good way to teach history without making it boring. The cliffhanger made me gasp and wonder what's coming next.

I read an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All comments are my own.

This book had such a great concept. Three kids find an old radio and are able to speak with 3 other kids that live in the same town, but 79 years in the past. They share information on what it’s like in the future, not realizing the effect it can have on their world. Such a fun book and kept my interest the whole way through. I think my middle grade students will enjoy this book. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced reader’s copy.

Thanks for the review copy. This is going to be a great series. I love that siblings co wrote it. Holy cliffhanger, Batman, at the end.

Three 12 year olds in 2023 find an old radio in the shed and surprisingly it works and they can speak to three kids in 1944. They inadvertently change things in history and the book is a race to fix it. It was told from the point of view of the kids from 1944 - Alice, Lawrence and Artie, and the kids from 2023 - Henry, Frances and Lukas. I had to keep checking with who was where. I think if the kids from 2023 had names like Aiden, Jessica and Jason I would have found things clear. The characters were well developed and the friendship each of the groups and even though each kid was from a different background and their personalities were different they worked well together. The plotting was good and it was suspenseful when they realized they had changed the outcome of the war and even though they destroyed the radio finding ingenious ways to communicate. I wish I had a 7th grader again to share this story even though at times it was kind of dark. Not crazy about the ending. I would not be surprised to see another book with the characters.

Thank you to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Children's for the digital copy.

An excellent historical fiction/ alternate history story that will surely teach the target readers more about the world wars that my generation studied in school. Ann Brashares has built a career on writing the stories her audience wants to read. SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS was one of the hottest titles when released and WESTFALLEN should have the same response.

Three friends have known each other since they were very young but their friendship has grown weaker as they move into differing circles in middle school. They are drawn together when they discover a means to communicate with children their age from the past. They thought they were careful to not share anything that might affect the future from the past but now they live in a completely differennt present and must figure out how to fix what they have broken. This is truly an excellent book for everyone over the age of 12, including us old folks. A very shareable book that has earned 5 easy stars.

This is a young adult novel that should be read by adults, too. It is a fascinating look at the world if Germany had won World War 2. Six 12-year-olds live in the same town, three in today's time and three in 1944. They communicate via an old radio and accidentally make some changes that affect the entire world. They know about the butterfly effect and realize they may have altered history, so they try to alter it back. Terrific storyline that surprisingly ends with a question mark that is a bit disappointing but now there had better be a sequel! The big drawback is that the ARC is only available on the NetGalley Shelf App, which meant I had to read the book on my phone. I hate doing that, but the book was so interesting that I read it on my phone anyway. Please, NetGalley, do not do this! Make everything available as a Kindle. Reading on a small phone screen is agony! However, I do thank NetGalley, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers for providing an ARC.

Even though this book is for middle school age children, I really enjoyed it and couldn't put it down.

The book shows what could happen when you mess with history: the butterfly effect.

The way it was written, the authors, made sure you were invested in all the main characters. The only downside is that it ends with a cliffhanger.

I was hooked by the description. What an interesting and scary thought. What would life be like in America today if the Nazis had won WWII? Being that this is geared to middle grade readers, I think it does a good job of being a realistic scary scenario, while not taking it to far for the audience.
I'm very interested in seeing where things go next as the book ends on quite the cliff hanger.

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