Carpe Diem
Kindle Edition
Square Fish · Ebook · May 26, 2009
In this delightful romantic adventure, a 16-year-old overachiever learns how to seize the day.
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- Who it’s for
- A tightly planned summer turns into a playful adventure in letting life get the last word.
- Themes
- Growing beyond rigid plans, Family secrets, Travel and self-discovery
- Genres
- Coming of Age, YA Travel & Transportation, Contemporary YA Romance
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In this delightful romantic adventure, a 16-year-old overachiever learns how to seize the day. "I've got my entire life planned out for the next ten years — including my PhD and Pulitzer Prize," claims 16-year-old overachiever Vassar Spore, daughter of overachiever parents, who in true overachiever fashion named her after an elite women's college. Vassar expects her sophomore summer to include AP and AAP (Advanced Advanced Placement) classes. Surprise!
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Enter a world-traveling relative who sends her plans into a tailspin when she blackmails Vassar's parents into forcing their only child to backpack with her through Southeast Asia. On a journey from Malaysia to Cambodia to the remote jungles of Laos, Vassar sweats, falls in love, hones her outdoor survival skills — and uncovers a family secret that turns her whole world upside-down. Vassar Spore can plan on one thing: she'll never be the same again.
Plans in Motion
A tightly planned summer turns into a playful adventure in letting life get the last word.
Come here for
- A high-achieving teen pushed well beyond her carefully mapped plans
- Romance and family revelations folded into a Southeast Asian adventure
Expect
- A shift from academic ambition to outdoor survival and spontaneity
- A light touch with the upheaval of growing up
Where it sits
| Contemporary YA Romance | 74% |
|---|---|
| Coming of Age | 64% |
| YA Travel & Transportation | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Asia for Teens
- Finding Your Footing
- YA Travel & Transportation
- Authors
- Autumn Cornwell
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- May 26, 2009
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Growing beyond rigid plans · Family secrets · Travel and self-discovery
- Reading lane
- Asia for Teens