Woodstock Magic

Eileen Goudge's Swept Away #2

by Francess Lin Lantz, Eileen Goudge

With the aid of her friend Ashley' computer, Louise Greenspan steps back in time to the 1960s to attend the Woodstock Festival and learns some amazing things about her parents.

Genres: Young Adult, Time Travel, Fantasy, Young Adult Romance

166 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1986

About the author

Francess Lin Lantz (b. August 27, 1952, Trenton, New Jersey — d. November 22, 2004, Santa Barbara, California) was an American children's librarian turned fiction writer, whose fan base was mostly preteen and teenaged girls.

For more than two decades, Lantz wrote more than 30 books, including several juvenile bestsellers. She won the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults award for her 1997 romance, Someone to Love. Stepsister from Planet Weird (Random House, 1996) was made into a Disney Channel television movie in 2000.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Lantz was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She initially aspired to become a rock musician and composer. She graduated in 1974 from Dickinson College (in Pennsylvania) and from Simmons College (in Boston) in 1975, where she earned a master's degree in library sciences.

She died in Santa Barbara, California in 2004 following a five years long battle with ovarian cancer; she was 52 years old.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading the first book in this Swept Away series, I immediately read book #2. This series is a teen romance/ time travel series. I found this one very amusing since Woodstock was in my own generation. I read this series with my daughter in the 1980s. I enjoyed it just as much the second time around.

In book #1, Ashley, a computer programming wizard, goes back to the Civil War. In this book her best friend, Lou, a throwback to the 60s, travels back in time to the Woodstock music festival of 1969. I really enjoyed reading about all those old groups I enjoyed so much and, while I never went to the Woodstock festival, it's depicted just as I heard. There's also several coincidences in this story and I always love those. Or should I call them ironies? I figured out several of them in advance. Like the identity of her mysterious pen pal, "Sgt. Pepper". The cool thing about this book is that Lou meets her parents as teens. Her upstanding lawyer parents whom she thinks are unyielding and not understanding. Then she realizes they were teens like she is. And of course, they almost didn't meet and Lou had to do some skullduggery to make sure they did.

I will be re-reading all of this series.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series! Discovered them in the early 80’s and rereading them again as an adult is so fun and nostalgic If you like 60’s and the expressions and music reference you will love this book. Great story and time travel plot to keep you involved with the book. Highly recommend!

[Mell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another book from the recent jr high box . . . loved time travel to historic eras as a kid.