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Line 4: The year is 2008. Six years ago, [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien\|the Holn]] arrived on Earth, bringing amazing technological gifts and fostering good relations with mankind. They even allow one of their ships to be used as a tourist attraction, letting the curious and skeptical explore one of their vessels under their watchful eyes. Then one day, the ship abruptly takes off, while seventeen tourists are still on ~~board. All~~board—all adults of varying ages. Soon afterwards, they are dropped off ~~safely -- but~~safely—but all seventeen are now nine-year-old children. Their minds and memories are still ~~intact -- mentally~~intact—mentally, emotionally, they're still ~~adults -- but~~adults—but physically, they're all the same age. Their former lives have been irreparably shattered by the Holn's [[Blessed with Suck\|incomprehensible 'gift']]. And the Holn have disappeared off the face of the planet, offering no answers whatsoever for their actions. The author, Terry England, juggles the stories of the seventeen adults-turned-children, dubbed the Rewound Children, as they struggle with their new bodies and the chaos they've been thrown into, along with the trials and tribulations of the Holn Effect Task ~~Force -- a~~Force—a group founded to study the children and figure out just what the hell happened. Interspersed with this are news reports, medical files, and various other documents that flesh out the world, illustrating the stark, cruel reality the children face. Several times it drifts into [[Idiot Plot]] territory for the sake of heaping still more drama onto their shoulders and wringing every last drop of angst out of it. The sheer amount of ''crap'' they end up going through is just ''staggering'' in scope, and the gruesome fates some face is pure [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]. [[Harmful to Minors\|Definitely not a story for kids]]. Should not be confused with [[William Sleator]]'s ''[[Rewind- (William Sleator novel)\|Rewind]]'', which is about a boy trying to prevent his own death via [[Mental Time Travel]], and [[Children's Literature\|definitely]] ''[[Children's Literature\|is]]'' [[Children's Literature\|for kids]]. ----- {{tropelist}} * [[Anyone Can Die]] - Not all seventeen Rewound make it to the end. [[Nightmare Fuel\|What happens to them...]] ''[[Nightmare Fuel\|Brr.]]'' Line 20: * [[Fan Disservice]] - ''Rewind'' opens with the seventeen being hauled in and forced to pose and get photographed while completely nude. {{spoiler\|The photographs show up later in a tabloid.}} * [[Fiery Redhead]] - Earl. * [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters]] -- '''Yes'''. * [[Human Sacrifice]] ~~-- The~~—The fate of {{spoiler\|poor Myra Caslon. Among others.}} * [[Media Scrum]] * [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - The news media turn public opinion against the government over their (certainly quite bad) treatment of the seventeen victims, forcing them to release them into the custody of their families. [[It Got Worse\|This opens up all]] ''[[It Got Worse\|kinds]]'' [[It Got Worse\|of problems.]] {{spoiler\|And eventually leads to several tragic deaths.}} Line 33: {{reflist}} [[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] [[Category:Rewind (Terry England novel)]] [[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]