Waterfall Waterfall, the first book of the River of Time Series takes place in present time in Tuscany, Italy. Gabriella and her sister Evangelia are the willing and also reluctant daughters of their archeologist mother, Adri Betarrini. In the beginning of Waterfall, the women were searching around for tombs to excavate. Their mom finally found some tombs in Tuscany. The sisters realized their summer would be spent by working on the tombs. One day, Gabi and Lia decided to wander into Tomb 2, which they weren’t supposed to do. Gabi noticed there were two handprints on the wall of the tomb. The handprints surprisingly were the same size of each of the sisters’ hands, so they decided to touch them. Intense heat was radiating from the handprints and it seemed to draw the sisters in a time warp! The sisters had landed separately in the medieval year of 1342. Gabi came out of the tomb to a battle between two
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Gabriella and her sister Evangelia speak very much like normal teenagers in this book. An example of this is, “My sister and I always stared wide-eyed at each other when they did that, with a look that said Serious Geek Alert” (Bergren, 82). It also switches back and forth to American and Medieval language. Gabi seems to notice a change in her type of speaking. In some instances of the book, the switch to American to Medieval language was a little excessive and awkward. The characters had their own unique and funny personalities. Luca was perhaps the funniest guy in the book! He was kind of a flirtatious and a teasing kind of person. “Saints in heaven…. We might fight our way out of here, but then Marcello and I will spend the rest of our lives defending the gates with two ladies as lovely as you behind them” ( Bergren, 282). Marcello demonstrated strong leadership and deep caring for his friends and family. Gabi and Lia were very brave and showed their own unique personalities like stubbornness and
Gabriella and her sister Evangelia speak very much like normal teenagers in this book. An example of this is, “My sister and I always stared wide-eyed at each other when they did that, with a look that said Serious Geek Alert” (Bergren, 82). It also switches back and forth to American and Medieval language. Gabi seems to notice a change in her type of speaking. In some instances of the book, the switch to American to Medieval language was a little excessive and awkward. The characters had their own unique and funny personalities. Luca was perhaps the funniest guy in the book! He was kind of a flirtatious and a teasing kind of person. “Saints in heaven…. We might fight our way out of here, but then Marcello and I will spend the rest of our lives defending the gates with two ladies as lovely as you behind them” ( Bergren, 282). Marcello demonstrated strong leadership and deep caring for his friends and family. Gabi and Lia were very brave and showed their own unique personalities like stubbornness and