Books like Back to the Future

At some point I'm going to reread this book. I originally read this book back in high school. In high school I was not what you'd call a voracious reader. In fact, I was quite the opposite. Of course I was assigned the usual literary lineup of classics, Little Woman, The Scarlet Letter, Lord of the Flies, Fahrenheit 451. Once when watching a movie with a friend I asked her, "Who exactly is Dorian Grey?" She looked at me and said, "Its The Portrait of Dorian Grey." When I kept giving her the blank eyes she looked at me incredulously saying, "We read that in Sr. Fedes 10th grade English class!" I said, "No, YOU read that in Sr. Fedes class, and you were likely the only one who did." A shame really when I think back on it. Anyway, I remember at the time a had the biggest crush on Michael J. Fox, I was totally over my Kirk Cameron faze. I had just seen the movie Back to the Future and I was faithfully watching Family Ties. This particular summer I was in the department store with my Mom, you know, doing the usual teenage stuff. Trying to see what I can get her to buy me. I was wandering around when I laid eyes on a book with Michael J. Fox on the cover. I went right to it thinking it was some sort of behind the scenes companion. When I flip through the pages there were no pictures. In my head I was like, What is this? Like a book? - Sorry, there was still some horrible residual valley girl talk going around back then and I was very want-to-be preppy. - I read the cover and then the back and realized it was the novel version of the movie. Awesome! Went to my Mom who was very amused by the fact that I wanted to buy an actual book with words and not just pictures.I get the book home on a Saturday and after talking on the phone with my best friend at the time before she goes on vacation I get settled I crack it open. I'm just pleased to have this new thing. New things were a rarity for me. I start to read the first few pages and recognize the characters and what was happening. Next thing I know I'm on chapter 5 and what I don't realize is that I'm hooked. Little thing about me is that I'm a natural night owl, have been since a child. Somewhere around the middle of the book I discover "inner dialogue". I look around my room and say to myself, "So THIS is what it's all about!" What I was talking about was actual reading. The process of picking up a novel and loosing oneself in the scenery, the characters and the story. It was the best first experience with reading I every had. And yea, sure the story wasn't a literary classic and more pop culture. I think the point was to open the door and that it definitely did. I went on to read Mahogany, The Godfather and then my first romance Moon Shadow, a book that if I re-read it today I'd likely scoff at.I'll always have a soft spot for this book and Michael J. Fox.And this is how Michael J. Fox helped a teenager discover the fact that reading can be fun.Oh, and if you're wondering, the story itself was exactly like the movie just with some added bonus scenes and lots of inner dialogue that my teenage self thought was totally awesome back in 1986.