Grab some junk food and a towel, a couple of maps,
some sights to see, and make some memories on the road.
Wonder if Jesse really thought this whole road trip thing through before she and Vicks and Mel left town...
Yes, there really is a Niceville, Florida and a huge Old Joe stuffed gator at Wakulla Springs and a mysterious Coral Castle.
The three teens take turns telling their story as a straightforward trip down to the University of Miami turns into quite the adventure. The three authors who collaborated on How to Be Bad took their own road trip so they could weave Florida's true atmosphere into every page.
Create great summer memories with good times, good friends, and good books, including these intriguing road trip novels, too:
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend, by Emily Horner
Don't Stop Now, by Julie Halpern
The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love, by Jennifer E. Smith
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Book info: How to Be Bad / Lauren Myracle, Sarah Mlynowski, E. Lockhart. Harper Teen, 2008. [Lauren's website and Facebook] [Sarah's website] [Emily's website and blog] [publisher site] [book trailer]
My Recommendation: Summer before senior year should be more than just work,
everyone says. So Jesse decides on a quick road trip with her best friend Vicks,
and yeah, the new girl can go, too. Long miles and long days later, the three
have more adventures than they planned on and make some memories they didn’t
expect.
It’s just a road trip for three girls who work at Waffle
House together – Jesse isn’t really trying to outrun the news from Mom’s cancer
doctor. And Vicks needs to visit her boyfriend at college football camp (not
calling her for two weeks – huh!). Even misplaced rich girl Mel wants to see huge
Old Joe gator and Coral Castle and other unique sights featured in Fantastical Florida. Nine hours to
Miami, nine hours back, an easy weekend drive, right?
Jesse does need some time away from Mom and all the dogs at
their trailer for grooming and Mom’s boyfriend with the icee cart. They just
can’t see how praying about Mom’s diagnosis would help, how going to church
with Grandma would make them all feel better.
The little sister to a houseful of big brothers, Vicks loves
sports and weird stuff like Old Joe, refuses to be a clingy girlfriend – still not
cool that Brady won’t call her from the university after they’ve been dating
for a year. She’ll just remind him how she’s different from all those
athlete-worshippers he’ll meet in Miami.
Mel’s rich dad keeps moving their family around, so here
they are in Niceville, another big house, another place to not fit in. A middle
kid, she gets outvoted by her crazy younger brother and perfect older sister on
everything. Having a chance to make some real friends - that would make paying
for any road trip worthwhile.
A temperamental car, roadmaps gone wrong, detours and cute
guys and crazy weather – each chapter is written from one girl’s viewpoint by
one author, creating a triple look at a simple road trip that turned into so
much more. Who knew that trying to be a little bad could turn out to be good after all?
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