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    The Disunited States of America: A Novel of Crosstime Traffic
    The Disunited States of America: A Novel of Crosstime Traffic
    The Disunited States of America: A Novel of Crosstime Traffic
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    The Disunited States of America: A Novel of Crosstime Traffic

    By Harry Turtledove

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    In Harry Turtledove's The Disunited States of America, Justin's having the worst trip ever. He and his mother are Time Traders, traveling undercover to different alternate realities of Earth so they can take valuable resources back to their own timeline. In some of these worlds, Germany won World War I or the world has been destroyed by nuclear warfare. Justin and his mother are in an America that never became the United States: each state is like a country, and many of them are at war with each other. Their mission takes them to Virginia, which is on the verge of bloody violence with Ohio.

    Beckie is from California, and like the rest of her world, unaware that Time Traders exist. The only reason she's in small town Virginia is because her grandmother dragged her there to visit old relatives. Beckie is just as horrified by the violence and racism of the alternate Virginia as Justin is, and the two are drawn to one another. But when full-fledged war breaks out between the States, including a biologically designed plague, will either of them manage to get back home? Forget about home: Will they make it out alive?

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 26, 2011
    ISBN9781429965613
    The Disunited States of America: A Novel of Crosstime Traffic
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    Harry Turtledove

    Harry Turtledove (he/him) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer who Publishers Weekly has called the "Master of Alternate History." He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the HOMer Award for Short story, and the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction. Turtledove’s works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series; the standalone novels The House of Daniel, Fort Pillow, and Give Me Back My Legions!; and over a dozen short stories available on Tor.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Laura Frankos, and their four daughters.

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    • 2/5
      Nice alternate history; a little heavy-handed. Yes, they didn't use the word "people". Got it.
    • 4/5
      A fun YA story in which a couple of teens are trapped on the Ohio / VA border in a war between those two states in a 2091 America that never replaced the Articles of Confederation. One of the teens was visiting from CA, a much more progressive state than VA, especially when it comes to race relations. The other teen is a visitor from an alternate time line, essentially our world in 2091. Touches on issues of racism in a mature and interesting manner that won't come off as preachy.

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