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Reading this book was like taking a trip through time. The year in which the events took place was my last year in high school, so the songs, the photos, and the quotes were all familiar to me. Wiles does a great job of constructing the story of Franny, a fifth-grader, caught up in the country's craziness during the Cuban missile crisis. Interspersed among the chapters of Franny's story are visual reminders of the time.

I'm not sure whether to expect young adults would like this or not. If they do, it will certainly give them a vivid glimpse of that one moment in our nation's history. The civil rights movement is very briefly touched on, and there's a hint that it may be the focus of a future book.

I don't recommend listening to the audio version. I started that way and found it confusing. Then, when I picked up the hardback instead, I realized why -- there's no way for a reader to make up for the visual effect of the between-chapter pages.