Finding her place in a foreign culture isn’t easy, but as Amy learns to shed her tough-girl persona, she discovers that making friends, falling in love, and connecting with her family and heritage isn’t impossible after all. one hilarious humiliation after another tests Amy’s fierce spirit. Sharing a room with her unfriendly cousin, igniting a brawl at the local disco, and having her Ferragamo sandal stolen by a mutt. Now he’s dragging her to a war zone to meet a family she’s never known, including her ill grandmother who’s the only source of comfort in this strange land. A bratty American teenager with an attitude that matches her killer Jimmy Choo slides, she’s got a serious grudge against her dad, a.k.a “Sperm Donor,” for showing up so rarely in her life. (I’m stealing this off of the website because I think they did a great job summing up the book) Going to Israel with her estranged father is the last thing Amy wants to do this summer. Tell us more about your first YA novel, “How to Ruin a Summer Vacation”. Hi Simone! Thanks for doing this interview! If you could describe yourself in three words…Ĭomedian Extrovert Animal Lover (three, Simone, I said three… □ A funny interview with Simone Elkeles, whose first YA novel, “How to Ruin a Summer Vacation”, will be on the shelves in October 2007.
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