Rewind is a 1999 science fiction novel by American writer William Sleator that explores maturity and self-confidence.

It tells Peter that he has a chance to go back to any moment before his death and alter the events, therefore preventing the catastrophe.

"[3] The novel was panned by Kirkus Reviews, who also called the premise unoriginal and wrote that the story's "internal logic seems more convenient than consistent.

"[4] Novelist Victoria Strauss praised the book's plot, characters, and "appealing message about maturity" for SFSite.

[5] Alison Waller noted that the novel, though it is linear prose, is structured like a video game or work of hypertext with multiple endings, suggesting the many options adolescents are faced with when coming of age.