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Candy Apple #24
Wish You Were Here, Liza
This book kicks off our first sweet and sassy Candy Apple summer vacation trilogy! Each book focuses on one girl from a trio, and follows her summer adventure away from her friends.Three girls, three trips, one amazing summer!Liza Gold's biggest a cross-country road trip with her parents and two other crazy families; visiting sights like the world's largest ketchup bottle; two whole months away from her best friends, Sam and Mina. And it's all coming true.Liza is convinced that this will be the worst summer ever. But this is one trip that just might surprise her. . . .
180 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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Robin Wasserman
114 books1,478 followersRobin Wasserman is the author of the novels MOTHER DAUGHTER WIDOW WIFE (June 2020) and GIRLS ON FIRE. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Tin House, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and several short story anthologies. A recent MacDowell Colony fellow, she is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than ten novels for young adults and teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Southern New Hampshire University.
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July 7, 2010
So cute! I think Wasserman is my favorite Candy Apple author.
June 27, 2020
am i reading my favorite book from age 10 during quarantine? yes and it stands the test of time
June 12, 2017
3 1/2****
This book kicks off our first sweet and sassy Candy Apple summer vacation trilogy! Each book focuses on one girl from a trio, and follows her summer adventure away from her friends.
Three girls, three trips, one amazing summer!
Liza Gold's biggest nightmare: a cross-country road trip with her parents and two other crazy families; visiting sights like the world's largest ketchup bottle; two whole months away from her best friends, Sam and Mina. And it's all coming true.
Liza is convinced that this will be the worst summer ever. But this is one trip that just might surprise her. . . .
This book kicks off our first sweet and sassy Candy Apple summer vacation trilogy! Each book focuses on one girl from a trio, and follows her summer adventure away from her friends.
Three girls, three trips, one amazing summer!
Liza Gold's biggest nightmare: a cross-country road trip with her parents and two other crazy families; visiting sights like the world's largest ketchup bottle; two whole months away from her best friends, Sam and Mina. And it's all coming true.
Liza is convinced that this will be the worst summer ever. But this is one trip that just might surprise her. . . .
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November 20, 2023i forgot how easy it was to absolutely blast through books when you don’t have to read for craft and i honestly cant say i don’t miss that
June 3, 2010
Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Vacations with family and friends seemed like lots of fun back when Liza was little, but now she's older and there are better things to do than hang out with family and visit the World's Biggest Ball of Twine or some Mega Route 66 gift shop. Unfortunately, when you're in seventh grade, you have to do what the family does, even when you have better plans of your own.
Liza's family is flying from the east coast to Chicago. They will be joining two other families and traveling in three cars across the rest of the U.S.A. to California. The plan is to follow Route 66 and any other off-beat paths as they take the entire summer to explore the country.
What follows is mile after mile of torture and one seedy motel after another. Liza finds herself stuck with Dillie, an odd girl who wears crazy clothes and alien creature earrings, and Caleb, a soft-spoken geek. She is sure she would have more fun if she could get the attention of a hot guy named Jake.
Spending endless weeks away from cell phone reception and any Internet connection with her friends from home results in total frustration for Liza. Can she find any possible happiness on this crazy adventure? Will she find any way to have a good time?
WISH YOU WERE HERE, LIZA by Robin Wasserman is perfect summer reading for the middle grade crowd. Wasserman captures what it is like to be that in-between age when being with the family is the only option, but wishing you were somewhere else is the constant dream. Liza's story is filled with tourist attractions and typical family vacation moments that will have readers nodding in agreement as they recall their own similar experiences.
Overall, it's a fun, fast read.
Vacations with family and friends seemed like lots of fun back when Liza was little, but now she's older and there are better things to do than hang out with family and visit the World's Biggest Ball of Twine or some Mega Route 66 gift shop. Unfortunately, when you're in seventh grade, you have to do what the family does, even when you have better plans of your own.
Liza's family is flying from the east coast to Chicago. They will be joining two other families and traveling in three cars across the rest of the U.S.A. to California. The plan is to follow Route 66 and any other off-beat paths as they take the entire summer to explore the country.
What follows is mile after mile of torture and one seedy motel after another. Liza finds herself stuck with Dillie, an odd girl who wears crazy clothes and alien creature earrings, and Caleb, a soft-spoken geek. She is sure she would have more fun if she could get the attention of a hot guy named Jake.
Spending endless weeks away from cell phone reception and any Internet connection with her friends from home results in total frustration for Liza. Can she find any possible happiness on this crazy adventure? Will she find any way to have a good time?
WISH YOU WERE HERE, LIZA by Robin Wasserman is perfect summer reading for the middle grade crowd. Wasserman captures what it is like to be that in-between age when being with the family is the only option, but wishing you were somewhere else is the constant dream. Liza's story is filled with tourist attractions and typical family vacation moments that will have readers nodding in agreement as they recall their own similar experiences.
Overall, it's a fun, fast read.
September 10, 2011
This is clearly meant for 10-12 year old girls. I'm a 50 year old guy who read it to see what value it had in an elementary school library.
I thought it was well written, had some unpredictable plot twists, made me smile in places and
I can see why girls would read this Candy Apple series. Not that they would listen to my recommendations.
I thought it was well written, had some unpredictable plot twists, made me smile in places and
I can see why girls would read this Candy Apple series. Not that they would listen to my recommendations.
March 13, 2012
Fun vacation story for the younger set. Kind of reminded me of one of those National Lampoon's vacation movies in that the group of people in the story visit all these weird and out of the way sites/places.
March 7, 2011
I love the idea of the "Family Entertainment Hour!" I really like Dillie's personality and I also like how they call Liza, Lizard.
December 12, 2011
I might read the other series. ;]
April 7, 2014
This was a great book for summer, but the ending could be a tad disappointing. Why did Jake turn out to be such a jerk? And why did i see that coming?!
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