A Whirlwind Vacation

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #17.5

by Nancy E. Krulik, John & Wendy (Illustrator)

Katie can't wait to go on a European vacation with her family! She's so excited to see new things and learn how people in other countries live. But she realizes that traveling abroad is harder than she thought, especially when you don't speak another language! And to make matters worse, the magic wind appears four times—turning her into a Buckingham Palace guard, a flamenco dancer in Spain, a gondola driver in Venice, and an artist in Paris! Will Katie be able to handle this vacation chaos?!

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Young Adult

160 pages, Paperback

Published May 19, 2005

About the author

Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, which has brought her to the attention of second, third, and fourth graders nationwide.

Nancy has also written extensively for teens and is well known as a biographer of Hollywood's hottest young stars. Her knowledge of the details of celebrities lives has made her a desired guest on several entertainment shows on the E! network as well as on Extra and Access Hollywood. She can be seen there talking about the secret lives of such celebs as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, and Frankie Muniz. Nancy has also been a guest on radio broadcasts nationwide discussing the superstars she has researched over the years.

As the author of several teen and preteen advice books, including Grosset and Dunlap's Prom!: The Complete Guide to a Truly Spectacular Night, Nancy has been interviewed by several prominent magazines including Cosmo Girl, Teen, Teen People, Seventeen, and Teen Celebrity. She has also been the celebrity guest for three Teen People chat presentations. Nancy has recently begun to delve into the teen novel market, writing four romances for young adults, all of which will be published between 2004 and 2005.

Nancy currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Amanda and Ian, and a crazed cockerspaniel named Pepper .

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book, “A Whirlwind Vacation” by Nancy E. Krulik, is a very well-written book. I enjoyed reading this book because it was about two families that go on vacation and meet on a tour bus. They become good friends and decide to go on more tours together. The two families have daughters that are the same age. Their names are Kaitlyn and Annabel. They wander the streets and find new, cool activities they can enjoy doing while on vacation. The title, “A Whirlwind Vacation,” comes in to play when the girls wander off. When one imagines of doing an activity they want to do, it gets windy and they become one of those people. One example of this happening is when Kaitlyn wanted to be a guard for the queen's castle. It started to get really windy around her and all of a sudden she was walking with all the other guards. She thought it was the coolest thing and did it every time they went somewhere. Kaitlyn's parents did not know she could do this sort of thing, so they went to look for her and could not find her. Towards the end of the book the parents find out and go for their last dinner together as two families. The next day they fly back home and talk about their vacation. The two families decided they would plan to meet up again on another vacation.

The main characters in this book are Kaitlyn and Annabel. They are two girls that are around the same age and met on a tour bus. Kaitlyn has red hair and Annabel has brown. The two girls and their families became good friends. Kaitlyn and Annabel plan to keep in touch by writing letters to each other.

The setting of this book is mainly on their vacation in England. In the book, they talk like today’s teenagers. The book was published in 2005.

I think the author is trying to persuade people into going out and exploring the world because you never know what you could discover. Also, that learning another language is helpful in many different situations.

I would recommend this book to any middle school girl. This is a great book because it shows that you need to be brave and talk to other people. Most of the time they will be friendly and talk back to you.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fantastic, I had a read along with my daughter and we laughed so hard. The book has outstanding lessons in morals and not judging people or making fun of them!!! Great book in the No Bully Zone!!!

[Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

my glorious childhood

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

“‘And change can be good.’”
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Got this for Christmas in 2010, maybe? While in Europe, Katie switcheroos into several people. There’s the guard in England who isn’t supposed to laugh, but as Katie, he laughs and becomes a laughingstock in the news. Katie helps him with his dream to become a comedian. Next, Katie switcheroos into Pierre, a French artist, who Katie’s new friend Annabelle insults. As Pierre, Katie “ruins” Pierre’s art with color, but is later able to convince him that change is good, and Annabelle’s parents buy the painting. In Spain, Katie switcheroos to a flamenco dancer and falls off the stage. Katie helps with the aftermath of people canceling their reservations by convincing them to host flamenco lessons. Lastly, Katie swticheroos to Vincenzo, an aspiring gondolier, in Italy. She gets lost and takes twice the time on a gondolier ride, but helps Vincenzo later with Annabelle’s positive review of the ride.

[leirasreads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a classic childhood staple read of mine. It was giving a lot of 2000s and traveling vibes.
This series is perfect for young adult readers.

The main premise revolves around Katie being able to switch bodies with someone at any random moment with a theme of not know what it is like for someone until you walk in their shoes.

[Judy Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was good because she changed into a lot of people. Heehee! : )

[Shaan C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another childhood reread. This is my favorite Katie Kazoo book. I remember checking this book out from the library constantly when I was a kid.

[Ariana Neal · Rating 5 out of 5]

LET ME READ THE STORYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LET ME READDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A whirlwind vacation by Nancy E. Krulik its about a girl that has a special power.There is a girl that has a power to be another person and she was on vacation and went to a lot of places.I did like this book because it is interesting when the girl changes to another person and gets to learn different things.I would recommend this book to people that like interesting books.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

when katie is excited to go to paris the magic wind appears 4 times the first one changes her into a palace guard the second one changed her into gondola tourist the third one changed her into a flamanco dancer and she got a pretty dress the last one changed her into a artist.

[Katy · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK IS VERY GOOD. WHEN I READ THIS BOOK I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kirsi's 2nd chapter book - pretty cute

[Tori · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first Katie Kazoo book I ever read it was ver good. I read it twice and it was a great great book.

[Maisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cool.

[Caroline]

read it and a couple others

[Azalea]

th3s3 books r fun to read it is a good bookk

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous books for little girls.

[Cassie · Rating 1 out of 5]

its okay.

[Grace]

i learend what spain looks like

[Miki · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

From Mia

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

i <3 katie kazoo shes awesome

[Michela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Katie gets switched into various European characters during her vacation. Dancers and guards are some of them.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book about how it's ok to be different

[Kari R · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this Katie Kazoo book as a quick and easy read. It was good.

[Danceaw18zendayafan · Rating 1 out of 5]

My name is Annie.

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

GREAT AWESOME

[Heydi medrano]

still reading

[Taylor]

good book
love it!