Amusing look at two single parent families going on vacation together with typical adolescent reactions to being forced into close proximity with others NOT of their choice. The author is good at getting into pre-teenagers' heads. Worth reading. ( )

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Spot-on analysis of three very different children. Even though they're not likable, which meant for me that the book wasn't very likable, a young reader will find points of empathy with each of them. The boy is a bit like Sheldon in the TV show Big Bang Theory. The girls are typical sibling rivals in some ways, but still very keenly drawn. Quite a zinger of a book. ( )