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The Last Universe (2005)

by William Sleator

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When her desperately ill older brother insists that she take him into their mysterious backyard garden, designed by their quantum physicist great uncle, fourteen-year-old Susan discovers that things are not always what they seem.
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skimmed at Camden Country library... since I did read the end, I saw the spoiler, and I got the impression that the destination, rather than the journey, was the best part of the book, so I don't need to hunt it down and read it for reals.... I do still want to read more Sleator, though
  Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Oct 18, 2024 |
Goodreads doesn't let you know this is a YA book. Nevertheless, it was likable. I enjoyed the quantum theme, it reminds me of when I was a kid, and I would be lying in the lower bunk bed at night staring at the springs of the bed above me, and suddenly something would shift in my focus and what seemed far away would be immediately in front of my eyes, and I would get a certain, taste(?) in my mouth (I can still get it today, just remembering that). I don't know what was going on, but after I learned about quantum physics, I associated the experience with that.

A maze on a large property takes you to alternate universes. ( )
  burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |
This is a fast-paced, YA story told from the perspective of a teenaged girl who runs into the many-worlds hypothesis (and quantum physics) in a direct and alarming way. She finds that the maze in her family's garden can alter her brother's fate, and her own in an extraordinary way. Altogether an enjoyable short novel. ( )
  Fledgist | Apr 6, 2012 |
This book, years later, stays in my mind as a great light science fiction read. Makes you think about parallel worlds and the effects of our choices. ( )
  storyteller1020 | Jan 28, 2011 |
Not so great for me but if you love to read about science fiction then you may like it. I felt it could have been better. ( )
  JuliaKay | Mar 26, 2009 |
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