Anonymous wrote:Kindred by Octavia Butler. Excellent read. I am an English teacher and the 10th grade English classes are reading this at my school this year for their unit on science fiction (it involves time travel).

I just read this and thought it was great. Not for a fun young teenage read though, as OP is looking for.

Kindred by Octavia Butler. Excellent read. I am an English teacher and the 10th grade English classes are reading this at my school this year for their unit on science fiction (it involves time travel).

Not a book, but Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" would probably be a hit (young female protagonist, historically intertwined plot lines) if you have the opportunity to see a production.

Not ure how it compares to the book, but Fried Green Tomatoes is an exceptional movie that ties together the past and present.

Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech. Not intertwined but very much about the past and present interacting, and a bit mysterious. Perfectly age appropriate too. Creech writes amazing tween/young teen girl protagonists.

Echo?

I love the Chronicles of St. Mary's - it's not about time travel, it's historians investigating major historical events in contemporary time.

https://www.amazon.com/Just-Damned-Thing-After-Another/dp/1597808687

Not sure if it meets your criteria, but check out The Buried Giant

Revolution is a very good YA book with intertwining modern and 18th century timelines in Paris.

Note that the modern protagonist is depressed at the opening of the book so it starts out a little dark but not inappropriate for a 13 yo.

Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
Alan Garner, Red Shift
Alison Uttley, A Traveller in Time

I also recommend the Connie Wills books. The Doomsday Book, in particular, has a past and present plotline that are both running at the same time.

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Charlotte Sometimes (Penelope Farmer)
Time Travelers Never Die (Jack McDevitt)
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothng of the Dog (Connie Willis)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Madeleine L’Engle)
The Girl From Everywhere (Heidi Heilig)

I don't think these are exactly what you're looking for, but these books deal with past & present with interesting female protagonists and plots with a twist.

We Were Liars by e. lockhart

Code Name Verity

Would she like The Joy Luck Club?

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Family was watching the movie Holes (it's really good, if you haven't seen it) and my 13 year old DD said, I LOVE stories that have a connection wit the past and present, I just got chills when [you figure out how the two stories are related in Holes].

It made me think there are a lot of books that do this really well - Possession by A.S. Byatt is one famous example - but all the ones I can think of are adult books. Any ideas for fun (young) teenage girl books that utilize this story-telling framing devise?