Grecian Holiday: Or, How I Turned Down the Best Possible Thing Only to Have the Time of My Life [Mass Market Paperback]

Kate Cann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 4, 2002

Dear Mike,

Arrived at the old villa 3 days ago. It's all blue shy, white walls and heat here -- you'll see. Jade's's already heading for trouble and I can't suss Sarah out. Hope you and your mates are having a blast on your trek, especially without me dragging you down. I bet deep down you're glad I bailed out. Ill see you before this postcard even finds you.

Miss you!

Kelly XOX

When Kelly opts out of a summer of roughing it with her intimidating, intense boyfriend, Mike, she doesn't realize she's opted into a summer that will change everything, especially herself.

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About the Author

Kate Cann lives in England with her husband, daughter, son and dog. She worked as an editor for many years before writing several books, including Ready?, Sex, and Go!, which were bestsellers in the UK.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: HarperTeen; 1st Avon ed edition (June 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064473023
• ISBN-13: 978-0064473026
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,410,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book!!!, August 24, 2002

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Rachel Radomski (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grecian Holiday: Or, How I Turned Down the Best Possible Thing Only to Have the Time of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)

If you have like other books like, "Angus ,Thongs, and Full Frontal snogging", "Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants",and "The Princess Diares" you will love this book. It is about a girl named Kelly who spends the summer with her two friends in Greece. This is an amazing book that will keep you up all night. Just one warning ! After reading this book YOU will want to spend a summer in Greece with your best friends too!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grecian Holiday, November 11, 2004

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Amanda Smith "Amanda" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grecian Holiday: Or, How I Turned Down the Best Possible Thing Only to Have the Time of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)

Many people say that this book is a "beach read", and that somehow makes it bad. Well, I disagree with that. This story is about a girl Kelly. Kelly turns down going to a camping/hiking trip with her bossy boyfriend Mike. Mike gets really mad at her, and even more so when she goes on vacation with her sort of friend Jade and Jade's friend Sarah to Greece. In Greece, they just have different things happen, if I explain it'll ruin the story. The language in this book is easy to understand and it hardly ever has any "British-isms". At the beginning, the story sort of drags, but later on, it gets better and you can't stop reading. Jade is sort of an antagonist at times, and so is Mike, but they have Good Moments too. The end was also sort of not how I wanted it, but I still liked Kelly's "speech". I would recommend this book to anyone who would want to read something that isn't unbelievably depressing.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, July 11, 2005

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Miss Rose (ILLINOIS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grecian Holiday: Or, How I Turned Down the Best Possible Thing Only to Have the Time of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was pretty good. It was a true story about someone finding out what they wany from life. It was about Shelly, who is invited to Grece after she turns down an invitaion from her controlling bf. She is having the time of her life w/o him until he showes up unannounced. The story had a nice plot yet I felt myself wanting to know more about Sarah and how she changes from being shy and timid to being outgoing and fun. It was a repition of the same thing: parties, parties, parties. Sarah seemed more deep and interesting yet u don't hear much about her. But, I still enjoyed the love triangle between Shelly, Nick, and Mike. I didn't really like Jade all that much. I thought she gaped in the limelight too much. She had to be the star or she had no fun. It was an attention grabber and well worth the read just not a perfect novel.