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One night in 1978, Tyler Gray wakes up to find a beautiful girl named Shay lying in his bathtub. For inexperienced, nerdy Tyler, this is not a common occurrence, but itÂs even stranger because Shay insists that sheÂs from 2006. Of course Tyler doesnÂt believe her, but once she proves it, they strike a deal: Tyler will try to help get Shay back to 2006 if Shay helps him become more popular.But the more time Shay spends in 1978, the more she likes it. And while she helps Tyler with the popular crowd, she also wreaks havoc by going out with his worst enemy, making over his sister and helping his mother get a job as a cafeteria workerÂat his school! Can Tyler get Shay home before his life is completely turned upside down?Publishers Weeklygave D. L. Garfinkle a Flying Start for Storky, praising its Âwry outlook and Âlovable hero in a starred review. With Stuck in the 70Âs,Garfinkle creates another funny look at teen life with just a touch of magic. ItÂs far-out, man!
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 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 (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Moving from slice-of-life fiction to the realm of magical realism, Garfinkle (Storky) breaks new ground with this lighthearted time-travel tale. Shay Saunders is in a Jacuzzi with her boyfriend when she is whisked back to 1978. She lands in the bathroom of Tyler Gray-Honors Society student, member of the backgammon club, early computer enthusiast-an archetypal nerd. Upon discovering the naked beauty in his tub, Tyler is less concerned about from where Shay came than he is at making sure she sticks around for a while. However, he becomes considerably less hospitable when Shay shakes up his conservative household with her modern ideas, turning Tyler's little sister into a boy magnet and convincing his mother that her place is not necessarily in the kitchen. The clash between the teens' different lifestyles and morals creates chaos at times, yet the conflicts effect some positive changes. From Shay, Tyler learns how to become popular and gains new insight into a brainy friend he has previously taken for granted. Living with the Grays, Shay experiences a type of warmth, attention and acceptance that was lacking in her other, more materialistic world. While offering a mix of slapstick comedy and poignant moments as the mismatched teens try to figure out how to get Shay "back to the future," the book raises thought-provoking questions about whether teen relationships, attitudes and romance have evolved for better or for worse over time. Ages 12-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
When stylish, popular Shay wakes up naked in 1978 she can't believe it. Neither can Tyler, the geek who finds her. Despite their opposite personalities, their friendship grows as they slowly learn from each other. Although the time travel premise is weak, the generation gap and the characters' contrasting personalities are well defined. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
The lives of two diametrically opposed teens intersect in this offbeat take on time travel. Tyler Gray and Shay Saunders are seniors in the same California high school, but Tyler lives in 1978, Shay in 2006. They meet unexpectedly when Tyler finds Shay naked in his bathtub, and the last thing Shay remembers is drinking champagne in her boyfriend's Jacuzzi. Stuck in the polyester world of the Bee Gees without an iPod, cell phone or DVD player, selfish, spoiled and superficial Shay doesn't know what to make of nice, na™ve and nerdy Tyler. Besotted with gorgeous Shay, Tyler convinces his parents she needs a place to stay. As Tyler tries to get Shay back to the future, Shay turns Tyler into a hip teen. In the process, their lives are changed, and not always for the better. The alternating voices of Shay and Tyler narrate this time-travel tale with credible insight into what makes teens tick in 1978 as well as 2006. Entertaining, despite the improbable plot. (Fiction. 13-15) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
"In this TV-style teen comedy, bombshell SoCal party girl Shay falls asleep in a Jacuzzi in 2006 and wakes up in 1978, naked, in the bathtub of goggling, geeky Tyler. Alternating narrative roles (signaled by changing typefaces and running sidebars), the two proceed to wreak changes on each other and those around them. Shay gives Tyler and his younger sister makeovers so that they can discover for themselves the inanity of being popular, hard-drinking partiers, and Tyler and his family provide Shay the structured home and parental attention she has always lacked. Steering her characters through comedic set pieces, heavy make-out scenes, and lightweight soul searching, Garfinkle makes no effort to explain Shay's time slip but does ultimately leave her and her ersatz sibs content with their respective lots."--"Peters, John" Copyright 2007 Booklist