How to Ruin a Summer Vacation

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Paperback
Author: Simone Elkeles
Publisher: Flux
Publish Date: October 2006
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.4
EAN: 9780738709611

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Overview

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.

Details

Pages: 240
Dimensions: 7.98 x 5.24 x 0.57 in
Lexile Score: 710
Interest Level: Upper Grade (UG)
Point Value: 8
ISBN: 0738709611

Awards

2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner (Multicultural Fic Child)