How to Ruin a Summer Vacation
Readers rate it 3.3 (4 on Hardcover)
241 pages · Released Sep 8, 2010 · North Star Editions, Inc.
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This coming-of-age story follows a spoiled American teen learning humility and connection through an unexpected summer in Israel. While Amy begins as bratty and self-centered, the narrative rewards personal growth, family reconciliation, and cultural understanding. The book contains mild language and very light romantic elements appropriate for older teens, with no graphic content or serious violence.
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Amy is a spoiled American teenager with an attitude to match her Jimmy Choo slides. When her estranged father drags her to Israel to meet a family she’s never known, one hilarious humiliation after another tests Amy’s fierce spirit. Amy is a spoiled American teenager with an attitude to match her Jimmy Choo slides. When her estranged father drags her to Israel to meet a family she’s never known, one hilarious humiliation after another tests Amy’s fierce spirit.
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ISBN 9780738718255 · North Star Editions, Inc.