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So Close to You

Rachel Carter (2012)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesThe Montauk Project #1
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.79
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

AdventureMysteryComing of AgeHeartwarming

Hero archetypes

Time TravelerMysterious Hero

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineFish out of WaterTime Traveler

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterPortal FantasyComing of AgeMentor FigureFound FamilyQuestHidden Identity

Themes

IdentityFamily SecretsHistorical TruthComing of AgeBelongingTime and Consequence

Synopsis

When a portal sends seventeen-year-old Lydia Bentley to 1945 at a secret military base near her Long Island home, she learns that her grandfather's stories of dangerous government experiments are true, that the Montauk Project was real, and that she needs the help of a darkly mysterious time traveler to return home.

Is So Close to You appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A time-travel adventure with light historical intrigue and mysterious government experiments. Minimal content concerns beyond mild peril typical of YA adventure.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language.

Who'll love this

Teens will enjoy the portal-jumping mystery and romantic chemistry as Lydia races to uncover the truth about her grandfather's stories.

Tags

Time Travel RomanceHistorical FantasyPortal FantasyYoung Adult Sci-Fi