How to Ruin My Teenage Life - (How to Ruin a Summer Vacation Novel) by Simone Elkeles (Paperback)

About the Book

In this sequel to "How to Ruin a Summer Vacation," everything in 16-year-old Amy Nelson Barak's life is going wrong. What's a girl to do when everyone is trying to ruin her life?

Book Synopsis

In this sequel to How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, EVERYTHING in sixteen-year-old Amy Nelson Barak's life is going wrong! Her mom got married and moved to the suburbs, and now they are going to have a baby. Amy moves in with her dad in Chicago and signs him up for an online dating service. His first four dates are that night . . . What else? Her dog Mutt impregnated her grumpy neighbor's prized poodle, so Amy will actually have to get a part-time job to pay for half the veterinary bill. And there's this totally annoying boy, Nathan Rubin, who just moved into her apartment building. Luckily, Amy has a cute boyfriend named Avi. Only he's more like a non-boyfriend considering Avi is in the Israeli army for the next three years. What's a girl to do when everyone is conspiring to ruin her life?

Review Quotes

.,." the choice for teens who seek realistic YA fiction free from heavy issues but with appealingly ordinary drama and humor."

"Amy's thoughtfulness and depth raise the book above most of the chick-lit genre."

About the Author

Simone Elkeles is the author of Leaving Paradise and four other Flux novels, including How to Ruin Your Summer Vacation and How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Repuation. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Rules of Attraction (Walker). A popular speaker at libraries around the country, when the author is not writing she TiVos reality television and watches teen movies. She lives near Chicago with her family and two dogs.