Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague Ages 8-12 320 pages Harpercollins April 2015 Paperback     This is the perfect YA book for kids and adults who love the time-travel genre. The additional dimensions of social justice, pop-culture references, and a likeable first-person narrator make it a perfect read. Maggie's father has been framed for murder by the evil corporation that runs the town. Worse, there is a chance he will be convicted and possibly given the death penalty. Maggie is at wit's end. However, Maggie’s family has a special ability to go back in time, though they never use it: the past is the past. Besides, history resists being changed, and who knows what complications one can bring about in the present if one fools around in the past? But Maggie wants to save her father. With her best friend, Charlie, she plots to go back in time and prevent Lucas Biggs from becoming an evil, vicious, cold-hearted and bitter judge. This novel is fun and insightful without being heavy, passionate about the life of the poor without being preachy. It depicts the kind of life the poor Greek, Italian, Irish, Spanish, and Asian immigrant miners in the United States had to endure at the turn of the twentieth century. It's history for kids who may not even like history. And, of course, it has a sweet best friend story and some quirky characters. Highly recommended.     web reviews   Carole McDonnell/2015 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)