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Synopsis
Alessandra is bored of sixteenth-century life in Italy and longs to see her time-traveling cousin, Cat, in twenty-first century Beverly Hills, California. Everything is very different in the modern world including the boys. Alessandra D'Angeli is tired of her sixteenth-century life in Italy and homesick for her time-traveling cousin, Cat, who visited her for a magical week and dazzled her with tales of the future, Alessandra is lost. Until the stars hear her plea. One mystical spell later, Alessandra appears on Cat's Beverly Hills doorstep five hundred years in the future. Surrounded by confusing gadgets, scary transportation, and scandalous clothing, Less meets the infuriating surfer Austin Michaels. Austin challenges everything she believes in... and introduces her to a world filled with possibility.
Is A tale of two centuries appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A lighthearted time-travel romance with a sixteenth-century Italian girl transported to modern Beverly Hills. Contains mild romantic content (kissing, crushing) and culture-shock humor around modern clothing and technology, appropriate for younger teens.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and mild language.
Who'll love this
Teens will love the fun fish-out-of-water humor as a Renaissance girl navigates smartphones, cars, and a cute surfer boy in Beverly Hills.