The sixth Aurélie saga takes up where the last one left off, as the school year is winding down for the ebullient 15-year-old and her friends. Although she is no longer dating Iohann, she is having fun with pals Kat, Tommy ("mon future-ex-voisin-et-meilleur-ami gars" [15]), and Jean-Félix. (The last will have a secret to share, which I will not reveal, but which is handled with sensitivity throughout this tome). Aurélie is still goofy, often tongue-tied, and somehow finds a variety of ways to embarrass herself, usually at school, but now also at work, for her mother has insisted she try a job at a local restaurant making sous-marins (submarine sandwiches). In regard to all the niaiseries (dumb stuff) that keeps happening to her, Aurélie sighs, “Ce n’est que le résultat de la conspiration mondiale dirigée contre mon destin. Et après quinze ans, on s’y fait” (142). The job doesn’t last, but there is plenty to do before school ends, including preparing for an oral interview for English (for which Aurélie has NO confidence), staging a marionette show for dramatic arts, and speaking on Jonathan Livingston le goéland (seagull), during which she completely misinterprets the metaphor. She also barely survives a “career-day” experience, which is horrifying and hilarious at the same time. Aurélie will also win an unexpected award at the end of the school year, even if accepting it will set her up for yet another mortifying moment. The book’s title refers to the big move that Aurélie must reluctantly make with her mother and mother’s chum, François, to a new house a few blocks from the one in which she grew up. Her mother, France, feels it’s time to make a fresh start with François, but Aurélie is sad to leave the house that still holds memories of her late father. (More poignant memories of her father are also a part of Aurélie’s latest journal entries). Even though she is able to decorate her new bedroom in great colors and new furniture, the large basement room holds threats of spiders (of which Aurélie is deathly afraid) and ghosts. These phobias will only trip her up more as she travels north to spend some time camping (and she hates camping!) with her Grandmother and Grandfather Charbonneau. Her adventures and bonding with these loving, down-to-earth grandparents are as fun and touching as was her newfound closeness to her Grandmother Laflamme in tome 3. Out in the wilds of Quebec, Aurélie meets Emmerick (who looks a lot like Robert Pattington, at least in the dark), and is sure he is her soul mate. But, in the midst of a surprise 16-year-old birthday celebration, which becomes a great reunion with family and friends, she sees Emmerick and Kat falling for each other, which is too painful to be believed. And if that weren’t bad enough, Aurélie realizes, "J’ai été jalouse de ma meilleure amie parce qu’elle a une famille parfaite” (122). And, yes, throughout this adventure, there are also Aurélie’s lingering feelings for Nicolas, who seems to have retreated from her life during the past few months. Her natural talent for poetry will help her through the melancholia. Some of my favorite Quebecois and/or franglais expressions from this tome are: “Ma mere est over-drama-queen” (15), “Tu ris de ses jokes, . . . . Dans tes rêves, man” (39), “je serais carrément en burn-out après trois heures” (44), “Je ne feelais pas trop pour les grandes emotions “ (54) (Aurelie has taken an English verb and put it casually into French imparfait), Je suis ta number one fan” (139) ”J’ai soudainement un flashback (146), “Si tu veux les booker en entrevue. . . “ (148), “C’est tough ici!’ (150), “Hé! Cool, ta chambre, trop nice” (200). Romantics, beware! This adventure’s ending is too good to be true!