Author Description

Poem Schway's debut novel is the winner of the 2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Award Gold Medal and the 2019 1st Place Winner of the Purple Dragonfly Book Award. Fourteen year old Henry Dove has one main goal in life: survive high school. After becoming the victim of a bullying campaign because he made the unfortunate choice of standing up for a disabled boy, he's resolved to keep his head down and stay out of trouble.A surprise birthday gift in his mailbox changes everything. After receiving a so-called "Infinity Pendant", Henry finds that he can travel through time - whether he wants to or not. Soon he's forced to literally confront his past, meeting his dead father, along with two mysterious figures named Agamemnon and Clyde who claim they can help Henry master his new powers. Not that he really has a choice, given that he's now an unwilling combatant in a deadly war that spans all of history and every universe. Throughout his adventure, Henry meets interesting and questionable characters such as: a narcissistic British heir who should be dead, a spiteful redhead whose past mirrors Henry's, and his own murderous doppleganger. Fourteen year old Henry Dove has one new main goal in life: survive, period.