Stuck in the 70s - Hardcover

D. L. Garfinkle lives in Aliso Viejo, California.

Grade 9 Up—When Tyler walks into his bathroom in the middle of the night and sees strange, but gorgeous, Shay taking a bubble bath, he thinks he's dreaming. She thinks it's an elaborate joke. One minute she's in 2006 and the next minute, the dorky guy who won't stop staring at her is telling her it's 1978. All Shay wants to do is get back home. Tyler wouldn't mind if she stayed a while and maybe helped him improve his science-geek reputation. They strike a deal. She will help him out at school if he'll figure out how to send her back to her own time. Hiding her from his family proves impossible, so they concoct an elaborate story about her missing parents and why she must stay with them. Soon she's turning Tyler's life upside down. Told in alternating chapters by the two teens, this is a fun tale of love and finding one's true identity. It has lots of pop-culture references (then and now) and some sexual situations. Not an essential purchase, but a quick read and a good pick for reluctant readers.—Ginny Collier, Dekalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA
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