Right Back at You, Carolyn Mackler
Right Back at You, Carolyn Mackler
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Right Back at You

Author: Carolyn Mackler

Narrator: Christopher Gebauer, Merissa Czyz

Unabridged: 4 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/04/2025


Synopsis

Mason lives in 2023. His parents have just split up, and there's a guy at school who won't get off his case. As part of an assignment, he writes a letter to Albert Einstein and it ends up getting a little too personal. He throws the letter into his closet … … and the next day he gets a letter back from a girl named Talia, who lives in 1987. She has problems of her own, including classmates who make jokes because she's Jewish. She thought her friends would have her back. But it ends up the only person she really has to talk to is … a random boy from the future? In the tradition of such beloved novels as When You Reach Me and Save Me a Seat, Carolyn Mackler has written a funny, all-too-relatable story about finding the friend you need … even if that friend happens to live in another year.

About Carolyn Mackler

Carolyn Mackler is the acclaimed author of the YA novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (A Michael L. Printz Honor Book); The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I; Infinite in Between; and Love and Other Four-Letter Words; and the middle grade novel, Best Friend Next Door. Carolyn’s award-winning books have appeared on bestseller lists and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Carolyn lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. The Wife App is her first adult novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chrissie on March 11, 2025

Mason, who lives in NYC in 2023, is struggling with his dad's decision to move to Atlanta, his mom's drinking, and this guy at school who will not stop picking on him. His mom decides he would benefit from seeing a therapist, who gives him an assignment of writing a letter to anyone he'd like — but......more

Goodreads review by Christine on April 16, 2025

I just love, love, love this middle school novel! Pen pals writing through time travel, one in 1987, the other in 2023 with a closet as their Time Machine. It hits on some hard topics: antisemitism, alcohol addiction, bullying, parental abandonment issues.......more

Goodreads review by Ari on March 19, 2025

AMAZING BOOK! I love this book so much! It is so great. Thanks so much Carolyn Mackler!......more

Goodreads review by Jen on March 15, 2025

I think the letter format will appeal to many students. I may appreciate the 80’s references more than my students though.......more

Goodreads review by Maria Collins on March 11, 2025

Very sweet pen pals through time.......more