El Primer Estado del Ser / The First State of Being – hinnat ja saatavuus

Es agosto de 1999. Para Michael Rosario, de doce a os, la vida en los apartamentos Fox Run de Red Knot, Delaware, transcurre con normalidad, salvo por la inminente crisis del efecto 2000 y su profundo enamoramiento de Gibby, su ni era de diecis is a os. Pero cuando Ridge, un adolescente algo desorientado, aparece de la nada, Michael descubre que la vida es mucho m s que acumular provisiones y suspirar por Gibby. Resulta que Ridge es despreocupado, seguro de s mismo y audaz, cualidades que Michael desear a tener. Sin embargo, a diferencia de Michael, Ridge no encaja en su entorno. Cuando Ridge revela que es el primer viajero del tiempo del mundo, Michael y Gibby quedan at nitos, pero a la vez curiosos. Mientras Ridge se sumerge en 1999, fascinado por los microondas, los balones de baloncesto y los centros comerciales, Michael descubre que su nuevo amigo posee un libro que describe los acontecimientos de los pr ximos veinte a os, y su curiosidad se transforma en algo m s: una determinaci n f rrea. Michael quiere --no, necesita-- hacerse con ese libro. De qu otra manera puede prepararse para el futuro? Pero, hasta d nde est dispuesto a llegar para conseguirlo? It's August 1999. For twelve-year-old Michael Rosario, life at Fox Run Apartments in Red Knot, Delaware, is as ordinary as ever--except for the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his sixteen-year-old babysitter, Gibby. But when a disoriented teenage boy named Ridge appears out of nowhere, Michael discovers there is more to life than stockpiling supplies and pining over Gibby. It turns out that Ridge is carefree, confident, and bold, things Michael wishes he could be. Unlike Michael, however, Ridge isn't where he belongs. When Ridge reveals that he's the world's first time traveler, Michael and Gibby are stunned but curious. As Ridge immerses himself in 1999--fascinated by microwaves, basketballs, and malls--Michael discovers that his new friend has a book that outlines the events of the next twenty years, and his curiosity morphs into something else: focused determination. Michael wants--no, needs--to get his hands on that book. How else can he prepare for the future? But how far is he willing to go to get it?