The Golden Laws

In New Atlantis, AD 2403, Satoru is an intelligent, thoughtful 15-year-old who one day finds a tripod-like spaceship landing on the lawn of his family's mansion. Out pops Alisa, a tiresome know-it-all who is Satoru's age. She's time-traveling from the future, the 30th century in fact, and Satoru winds up going along for a ride that includes hopscotching to Greece in 2300 BC, Egypt in 1220 BC, India in 600 BC, Israel in AD 30 and China in AD 570... (IRH)