I received this book from Netgalley, and I'm so glad that I did - I LOVED this story. I'm a sucker for time travel and this is so different from a typical time travel story. Alec and Josie are both 12 years old, and they live in the same house, but they live a century apart. Josie is from 1915, and Alec is from 2015 and they find each other through a Ouija board that belonged to Josie's mother.

What I liked about this book - the friendship between Josie and Alec felt authentic. I loved their interactions, and how much he cared about her. I loved how the mystery unraveled as Alec hunted for clues about what happened to Josie, Cass, and their mother. The mother as villain was done very well - she was a horrid mother and I found myself worrying about the fates of the two girls.

What I didn't like - I really don't have many negatives. I would have liked for Alec's storyline to be a bit more developed. We spent more time in Josie's timeline, which was the more interesting story as well as the basis for much of the plot, but I think Alec's could have been deepened just a little bit more.

Overall, I thought this book was a lot of fun and I highly recommend it. I think it would make a fantastic read aloud.

The Boy From Tomorrow is an eerie psychic tale that made me think. As I read I kept thinking about the discussions it might spark with middle school readers - could this really happen, the line between discipline and abuse, just what makes a family, and how much would you want to know about the future if you had a way to find out about it.

I “Wished” for this book on NetGalley and was pleasantly surprised when I was chosen to read it!
When I first started reading it and the children were communicating with each other via the Ouija board, I thought that some of them might be ghosts but I just couldn’t figure out which set of kids was real and which ones are not. As the book went on I figured out that it was about time travel and that the kids lived in the same house but 100 years apart! This might be the best time travel book that I’ve read!
Josie and Cass live at 444 Sparrow St. in 1915. Their mother is very controlling and will not let them leave the house or directly answer any of their questions. She’s cold and calculating and quick to dole out punishment. When the girls find her Ouija board and begin to play around with it they meet a boy named Alec. Alec lives at 444 Sparrow St. in the year 2015. After a little bit of back-and-forth, the kids become fast friends!
When Josie and Cass tell Alec about their plight, Alec being a good friend that he is, immediately goes and starts researching why the mother will not let the girls out to see if there’s anything he can do to change their fate. Eventually, the girls do get away from their controlling mother with Alec’s help!
This story might be more for tweens, but I really enjoyed it! The concept was well thought out and delivered with perfection! Even though it is set 100 years apart both, time periods were represented in a way that made this concept work. The friendships were genuine, and the message is very endearing.
The only thing I really didn’t like about the book was the lack of balance between the home lives of the children. While we get a very clear picture of what kind of mother Josie and Cass have, Alec’s homelife/relationship with his mother is more of a mystery. I feel like the book would be a little bit more balanced if we had more of both children’s home lives delved into a little deeper! It might’ve also been cool if the kids were somehow related and Alec was like a great-grandson of one of the girls!
This book deals with some very serious issues like child abuse, mental abuse from a parent, neglect, women’s rights, and anxiety. The author did a fantastic job presenting these issues in a way that children/teenagers can relate to and find comfort in when the issues were resolved.
I would recommend this book to my teenage son who has recently found a passion for reading. Also to anyone who likes well-developed characters, highly stylized prose, and a genuinely well-written book!
Think you Netgalley and Camille DeAgelis for letting me have a peek at this book after it was no longer available!

This story had an intriguing take on the concept of time travel! The characters felt very real to me, and I loved the friendship that developed between Josie and Alec, despite the differences in time. There was an element of suspense throughout the story that kept me engaged in the narrative. The conclusion of the story was satisfying and answered all of my questions about the story. This was an engaging and enjoyable middle grade read.

The Boy from Tomorrow by Camille Deangelis sounds like an instant time travel movie where people fall in love and all dreams come true. In reality, the novel spans time and space. It is time travel, but not in the way, I was expecting: it’s better.

When twelve-year-old Alec and his mom move into 444 Sparrow Street after her divorce from Alec’s father, he feels bittersweet of moving to the town he always wanted to live in, but without his dad. Alec did not expect the Ouija, a talking spirit board or having it write back that Alec was the spirit communicating! If it wasn’t a spirit on the other side then who was it?

Thus a crafty time travel device is born. There is a warning at the back of the book that if you use a spirit speaking board, it can be dangerous.

On the other side of the talking spirit board in 1915 is very lonely twelve-year-old Josephine, Josie Clifford, who lives with her little sister Cassie, her tutor Emily Jasper, and her very famous spiritual medium mother Lavinia Clifford.

As Alec and Josephine deepen their friendship through letters, Alec opens an entirely different world to Josephine. Then disaster strikes as her scamming, not–fit-to-be-a-mother- Lavinia takes control of the spirit board and demands answers upon answers from Alec concerning the future.

When Emily, Cassie and Josie’s tutor is taken away, the girls are locked into their house with no way out. However, when a gramophone is brought for tutoring lessons, Alec and Josie can hear each other’s voices along with Alec’s friend Danny, and Josie’s sister Cassie joins the fun.

Still, life is not pleasant for the girls, and something has to be done. Can Josie and her sister Cassie find a way to escape and live with their tutor Emily Jasper and her family? What can Alec tell them about their future; do they even want to know? Why does Cassie insist that her very ugly doll Mrs. Gubbins talks to her and can tell her some of the future?

The Boy from Tomorrow is a good story about a century-spanning friendship that brings life and love to two very lonely people and their families. I highly recommend it for any library.

this is an amazing story about Alec and Josie. They live in the same house only separated by 100 years. Josie's mother is often cold and abusive and Alec is her only friend. they start talking through a spirit board and then later a gramophone. Alec tells her of the future and Josie tells of the present. This book is also told from both perspectives switching between the two so you know what is happening with each character. This was a really unique story that I will definitely read again and again.

What I liked: This book is compelling, well written and intriguing. The hook of kids communicating across time and space and time keep me reading. I love the main characters, Alec, Danny, Josie and Cassie. Each character feels authentic and DeAngelis does a great job of putting us inside the head of two 12 year olds. The complex relationships that these kids have with their parents, friends and siblings are realistic, yet interesting. Now that I've finished the book, I want to keep these characters in my life a little longer.

Really believable story of two children communicating across time. While I'm no historical expert, the parts set in the early 20th century felt right.

I loved the characters. They were so real and easy to connect to. The book was a great read.

Although the children in each century were going through their own traumas, Josie's story was more developed. Alec didn't really focus on his own trauma as much as the book could have. But then again, I was more interested in Josie's part.

I'm not sure what age the book is geared towards. Given it's MCs are 12 years old, I'd say it matches that level. But be aware that this isn't a sweet book of mail buddies separated by a century. This book deals with child abuse/negligence before it became a thing to be protected by law. It was beautifully done, and nearly brought me to tears at some points.

I highly recommend this book for readers who like time travel, historical fiction, or just a really good book with great characters.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was not exactly what I'd expected...which was something more along the lines of Charlotte Sometimes. It centers on a Ouija board (and then a magic phonograph) that allows the characters to talk back and forth through time. There is a LOT of suspension of reality on this one, above and beyond your standard time travel book, and it just fell kind of flat. Then again, I'm an adult. I'd like to think that I have a good idea of what my teens like to read (and usually do), but maybe I'm wrong about this one, and they would really like it.

DNF It was just...too weird for me. Like, spirits weird. I don’t do that kind of thing.

ARC Copy...what really stood out for from the interplay/workings between two narratives in the respective time periods worked out. For example communication with the "Ouija board", and the boy in the future researching information to relay for girls in order for them to make it happen or not and all these coming to a very satisfying ending.