Turnabout (original 2000; edition 2002)

This was a pretty cool story about to old ladies who by the year 2085 are teenagers, AGAIN! ( )

This is the story of two girls who were old women- or rather two very old women in the bodies of girls. These two women were part of an experiment which took elderly people on the brink of death, and reversed their ages. These women were part of the story and are now teenagers facing the reality that they'll keep getting younger until they turn into babies. They have to face their coming loss of independence and finding a new purpose. There are a lot of very adult questions in this book that make this a book that children, teenagers, and adults could all read and think about. ( )

In her thought-provoking science fiction adventure, Haddix (Just Ella) successfully shuttles readers between three different eras, convincingly covering the extensive life of Amelia (Melly) Hazelwood. At age 100, Melly and other Riverside nursing home residents were injected with the experimental drug PT-1 The drug was supposed to make them "unage" until they reached a self-determined ideal age, at which point they would get another shot to stop the process. The second shot, however, proved deadly, and the participants of Project Turnabout were doomed to unage until they reached zero. Now teenagers, Melly and her stubborn sidekick Anny Beth need to find parents who can care for them in their approaching infancy. But when a snooping reporter begins to track Melly, the pair must put their search on hold and flee. ( )

awesome! i loved it. it really made you think about life, and was entertaining too. i liked the characters well enough, and i guess the ending was pretty good. what i really enjoyed about this book was just how different it is - i've never read a book like this before and i think the only thing i've heard that is like it (unaging and stuff like that...) is the case of benjamin button, which i never read. i saw the movie though. anyways - yes this book is definitely recommended.
i was surprised, though, to see lots of people saying that this book is for younger people. i would put this in the young adult section, its not for kids. kids wouldn't understand most of it, and also there are some references to things that wouldn't be appropriate for younger kids.
overall, an awesome book for teens, very thought provoking, and very interesting, with cool ideas on what the world will be like in the future. ( )

This was an excellently written story of a thought-provoking topic. As a Young Adult novel, the writing was not complex, but interesting enough that I read through very quickly. A story of a couple of elderly ladies, part of a group that is on the verge of death but are given a new drug that is supposed to allow them to 'un-age' to at time when they are younger and then an 'antidote' is given to stop the process. The ladies find life getting younger a challenge and therein lies the story. I won't give away the ending, but who hasn't wondered what it would be like to find some kind of fountain of youth? A great story for that progressive young reader in your life, and not bad for adults either! ( )