Carpe Diem
Autumn CornwellIn 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 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 05/26/2009
ISBN: 9780312561291
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
Award: Truman Readers Award - Third Place
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 118076 / Carpe Diem
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11