| How to Ruin a Summer Vacation Contributor(s): Elkeles, Simone (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738709611 ISBN-13: 9780738709611 Publisher: Flux OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Middle East - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006040592 |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Series: How to Ruin a Summer Vacation Novel |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.24" W x 7.98" (0.54 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 113383 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How To Ruin a Summer Vacation Moshav? What's a moshav? Is it "shopping mall" in Hebrew? I mean, from what Jessica was telling me, Israeli stores have the latest fashions from Europe. That black dress Jessica has is really awesome. I know I'd be selling out if I go to a mall with Ron (my biological father), but I keep thinking about all the great stuff I could bring back home. Unfortunately for 16-year-old Amy Nelson, "moshav" is not Hebrew for "shopping mall." Not even close. Think goats, not Gucci. Going to Israel with her estranged Israeli father is the last thing Amy wants to do this summer. She's got a serious grudge against her dad for showing up so rarely in her life. Now he's dragging her to a war zone to meet a family she's never known, where she'll probably be drafted into the army. At the very least, she'll be stuck in a house with no AC and only one bathroom for seven people all summer--no best friend, no boyfriend, no shopping, no cell phone... Goodbye pride--hello Israel. |
Contributor Bio(s): Elkeles, Simone: - Simone Elkeles is the author of Leaving Paradise and four other Flux novels, including How to Ruin Your Summer Vacation and How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Repuation. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Rules of Attraction (Walker). A popular speaker at libraries around the country, when the author is not writing she TiVos reality television and watches teen movies. She lives near Chicago with her family and two dogs. |