| Carpe Diem Contributor(s): Cornwell, Autumn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312561296 ISBN-13: 9780312561291 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: When a world-traveling relative blackmails 16-year-old Vassar Spores parents into forcing their only child to backpack with her through Southeast Asia, Vassar is faced with things she isnt prepared for. In learning how to live in the moment, Vassar uncovers a family secret that turns her world upside down. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance - Young Adult Fiction | Travel & Transportation - General - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Asia |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.10 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 118076 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this delightful romantic adventure, a 16-year-old overachiever learns how to seize the day. I've got my entire life planned out for the next ten years -- including my PhD and Pulitzer Prize, claims 16-year-old overachiever Vassar Spore, daughter of overachiever parents, who in true overachiever fashion named her after an elite women's college. Vassar expects her sophomore summer to include AP and AAP (Advanced Advanced Placement) classes. Surprise! Enter a world-traveling relative who sends her plans into a tailspin when she blackmails Vassar's parents into forcing their only child to backpack with her through Southeast Asia. On a journey from Malaysia to Cambodia to the remote jungles of Laos, Vassar sweats, falls in love, hones her outdoor survival skills -- and uncovers a family secret that turns her whole world upside-down. Vassar Spore can plan on one thing: she'll never be the same again. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cornwell, Autumn: - Squat toilets, profuse sweating, bamboo huts, jumbo centipedes--these are just some of the delights Autumn Cornwell has encountered in her global travels. Not to mention the can't-believe-it's-true Laotian jungle adventure which inspired her first novel, Carpe Diem. |