Cosmo must journey to the past to understand his future in this humorous, heartbreaking, and brilliantly original debut novel, a “thoughtful blend of time travel adventure and family drama” (<I >BCCB</I>).<BR><BR>Cosmo’s granddad used to be the cleverest person he ever knew. That is, until his granddad’s mind began to fail due to advancing Alzheimer’s. In a rare moment of clarity, his granddad gives Cosmo a key and pleads with Cosmo to go to the South Gates of Blackbrick Abbey, where his granddad promises an “answer to everything.”<BR> <BR>When Cosmo unlocks the rusty old gates, he is whisked back to Blackbrick of years past, along with his granddad—now just sixteen-years old and sharp as a tack—beautiful Maggie, and the absolutely dreadful Corporamore family. But much more than time travel adventure awaits Cosmo on the old, sprawling estate: he’ll also discover revealing truths about his granddad, his family, and himself.<BR> <BR>Abounding with humor and heart, this extraordinary novel is an original, unforgettable story about lost memories, lost times, and lost lives, reclaimed.