Norris, Elizabeth

Seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is certifiably hit and killed by a truck. Somehow, the loner Ben from her school brings her back. This leads her to a search through her policeman father's desk, where she finds, among documents pertaining to her death, a clock that seems to be counting down to something. That something may be the end of the world.

Four months after Ben returned to his home universe, Janelle learns that he is the prime suspect in a human trafficking ring, and she and Interverse Agent Barclay have five days to find the real culprit or the missing people may be lost forever.

Janelle Tenne, having been brought back to life by loner Ben Michaels after being hit by a pickup truck two days before the start junior year, finds a countdown clock while searching her dad's FBI files for clues about how Ben revived her and soon realizes she must figure out Ben's secret in order to save the world.