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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:How to Be Badby E Lockhart
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From three critically acclaimed and bestselling authors comes one story - equal parts charming, hilarious, and emotional - of a road trip that proves that sometimes it doesn't matter where you're going, since getting there is half the fun. Three girls who couldn't be more different have one goal in mind: to get the heck out of Dodge. Well, Niceville, Florida, actually. But it might as well be called Nowheresville.Vicks is the wild-child fry cook whose boyfriend left for college and isn't returning any of her calls; Mel, the good girl in expensive jeans who just wants everyone to like her; and Jesse, the trailer-dwelling human morality meter who's discovered a life-altering secret - Each has her own reason for climbing into Jesse's mom's beat-up station wagon and hitting the highway for a weekend trip, whether she knows it or not. Armed only with Vicks's ancient, battered copy of a guidebook called Fantastical Florida, a map Jesse picked up with her dwindling funds, and Mel's mom's credit card, they're Miami bound. Hearts will be broken, friendships will be tested, and a ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything. And if they don't kill each other first, Vicks, Mel and Jesse will not only have a road trip to remember, they'll have friends for life. Review:"Three deservedly popular YA authors take turns narrating this exuberant novel, which centers on a road trip. After working all summer in their small Florida town at the Waffle House (they call it the Awful Waffle), three girls strike out for the weekend, with Miami their intended destination. The three-way collaboration pushes the authors into directions they might not have chosen individually — Lockhart's (The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks) narrator, Vicks, is less aloof than the author's usual protagonist, and more congenial; she's less elite (she wants to be a cook) but she's just as self-assured and intelligent. Mlynowski's narrator, Mel, the diffident middle child in an affluent Canadian family, faces the same insecurities as the main character in the Bras & Broomsticks books, but she approaches them in a reflective manner. Myracle (TTYL) tries on heavy issues: Bible-thumping Jesse can't cope with her mom's recent diagnosis of cancer. Whip-smart dialogue and a fast-moving, picaresque plot that zooms from lump-in-the-throat moments to all-out giddiness will keep readers going, and it's a testimony to how real these girls seem that the final chapters are profoundly satisfying rather than tidy. Ages 14-up." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:From three bestselling authors--E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle--comes one story of a road trip where hearts will be broken and mended, friendships will be formed and tested, and a ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything. About the AuthorE. Lockhart, who together with Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle wrote How to Be Bad, is also the author of The Boyfriend List, Fly on the Wall, The Boy Book, Dramarama, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. She was voted worst driver in her senior class in high school. Visit her at www.theboyfriendlist.com. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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