Vicenza's new life in America has started! After immigrating with her parents from Manila, Phillipines to San Francisco, and living there now for four months, she is really happy with her life. But she misses her best friend, Peaches,(she is emailing her every day) and she has trouble finding new friends because of the fact she has to help her parents every day after school with their work at the employee cafetaria at the Sears store in the mall. She attens a girls only private school, Grosvenor High, and she makes friends with Isobel, a girl from France, a girl who is in her English class.
She is signed up to do a math project with Claude,a guy from a boy's private school and she has a crush on him immediately, but he is dating Whitney, the most popular girl at Grosvenor. Her parents have problems to get accustomed to their new country, and have worries about everyting that Vicenza does, so she is not allowed to date.
Her parents big dream is to win the lottery, so they have more chance to get a real residents permit and don't have money troubles anymore (and Vicenza doesn't have to shop for a party dress at an outlet store). And then she meets Paul, a Sears employee who is a regular customer at the cafetaria and he ask her out for a movie, and they share a love for books..
Real genuine fun, in an original and just fabulous teen book by Melissa De La Cruz.
This book really surprises you in every way. I have read The Au Pairs years ago, and I remember I didn't like it that much, but this story by Melissa De La Cruz is really different. It is fresh, and outstanding fun. You will love Vicenza and her family the minute you start reading. This book should be number one on every summer read list. AWESOME!
