Candy Apple #25: Wish You Were Here, Liza [Mass Market Paperback]

Robin Wasserman (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Candy Apple

This book kicks off our first sweet and sassy Candy Apple summer vacation trilogy! Each book focuses on one girl from a trio, and follows her summer adventure away from her friends.

Three girls, three trips, one amazing summer!

Liza Gold's biggest nightmare: a cross-country road trip with her parents and two other crazy families; visiting sights like the world's largest ketchup bottle; two whole months away from her best friends, Sam and Mina. And it's all coming true.

Liza is convinced that this will be the worst summer ever. But this is one trip that just might surprise her. . . .

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About the Author

Robin Wasserman is the author of many books for tweens and teens, including the Chasing Yesterday series and a number of titles in the Candy Apple line. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her online at www.robinwasserman.com.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (May 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0545172225
• ISBN-13: 978-0545172226
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, June 2, 2010

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This review is from: Candy Apple #25: Wish You Were Here, Liza (Mass Market Paperback)

Vacations with family and friends seemed like lots of fun back when Liza was little, but now she's older and there are better things to do than hang out with family and visit the World's Biggest Ball of Twine or some Mega Route 66 gift shop. Unfortunately, when you're in seventh grade, you have to do what the family does, even when you have better plans of your own.

Liza's family is flying from the east coast to Chicago. They will be joining two other families and traveling in three cars across the rest of the U.S.A. to California. The plan is to follow Route 66 and any other off-beat paths as they take the entire summer to explore the country.

What follows is mile after mile of torture and one seedy motel after another. Liza finds herself stuck with Dillie, an odd girl who wears crazy clothes and alien creature earrings, and Caleb, a soft-spoken geek. She is sure she would have more fun if she could get the attention of a hot guy named Jake.

Spending endless weeks away from cell phone reception and any Internet connection with her friends from home results in total frustration for Liza. Can she find any possible happiness on this crazy adventure? Will she find any way to have a good time?

WISH YOU WERE HERE, LIZA by Robin Wasserman is perfect summer reading for the middle grade crowd. Wasserman captures what it is like to be that in-between age when being with the family is the only option, but wishing you were somewhere else is the constant dream. Liza's story is filled with tourist attractions and typical family vacation moments that will have readers nodding in agreement as they recall their own similar experiences.

Overall, it's a fun, fast read.

Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"