The Road Trip Rewind

Screenwriter Beatrix Noel is delighted that her 1990s-era script is finally in production. The only irritation is that A-list actor Rocco Riziero has been cast in the starring role. Beatrix and Rocco have a rocky history, dating back to a disastrous New Year’s Eve 1999. Now, while Beatrix remembers him all too well, Rocco doesn’t recognize her at all. The story takes a magical turn when the two are involved in a car crash. Somehow, they are transported into the past, to that same fateful New Year’s Eve. If they’re to return to their own time, they’ll have to work together and fix their past mistakes. Kate and Danny Tamberelli’s follow-up novel to The First Date Prophecy is an entertaining romp through late-1990s and early-2000s pop culture, complete with fun mentions of Nickelodeon (Danny Tamberelli starred in Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete & Pete). Narrator Mara Wilson provides wonderful, animated depictions of the throwback scenes and a heartfelt rendering of the book’s tender moments. As Wilson herself was a ’90s icon, her presence here should delight those who grew up during the time.