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Funny, touching, and smart, a story about friendship, family, rivalry, secrets, and how much you can change over the course of one loco summer?
Kensington
September 2008
On Sale: September 1, 2008
Featuring: Mariana Ruiz
288 pages
ISBN: 0758225539
EAN: 9780758225535
Paperback
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Multicultural Latin American | Young Adult
All She Never Wantedโฆ For fifteen-year-old Mariana Ruiz, itโs not so much an unexpected vacation as a literal โguilt tripโโher fatherโs way of atoning for ignoring his Puerto Rican roots. But freedom from her parents is little compensation for being forced to spend two months with complete strangers rather than with her best friends in Philadelphia. Once on โvacation,โ her worst fears come true. The heat is merciless, the food is spicy, and her great aunt and uncleโs mountain house teems with relatives, only one of whomโher distant cousin Lillyโspeaks English. Bored, and hoping to make up for missing her best friendโs star-studded Sweet 16, Mariana offers to help in the planning of Lillyโs Quinceaรฑera. Soon, despite herself, Mariana clicks with new friends who open doors to romance and long-hidden secrets. Suddenly the summer she dreaded is ending way too quickly. It might turn out that the last place she ever wanted to go is the one place she truly finds herself.
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