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YALSA 2007 Teens� Top Ten "A breezy read." �Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books �Fresh, fun and fabulous! Guaranteed NOT to ruin your summer vacation!� �Mari Mancusi, author of Boys that Bite How To Ruin a Summer Vacation Moshav? What�s a moshav? Is it �shopping mall� in Hebrew? I mean, from what Jessica was telling me, Israeli stores have the latest fashions from Europe. That black dress Jessica has is really awesome. I know I�d be selling out if I go to a mall with Ron (my biological father), but I keep thinking about all the great stuff I could bring back home. Unfortunately for 16-year-old Amy Nelson, �moshav� is not Hebrew for �shopping mall.� Not even close. Think goats, not Gucci. Going to Israel with her estranged Israeli father is the last thing Amy wants to do this summer. She�s got a serious grudge against her dad for showing up so rarely in her life. Now he�s dragging her to a war zone to meet a family she�s never known, where she�ll probably be drafted into the army. At the very least, she�ll be stuck in a house with no AC and only one bathroom for seven people all summer�no best friend, no boyfriend, no shopping, no cell phone... Goodbye pride�hello Israel.