How to Ruin My Teenage Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738710198)

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?

Author: Simone Elkeles
ISBN-10: 0738710199
ISBN-13: 9780738710198
Publisher: Flux
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2007
Pages: 281
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.36w x 0.72d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 117055 / How to Ruin My Teenage Life

Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable
Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2007 pg. 100
PW Notes and Reprints 07/09/2007 pg. 57
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2007 pg. 238 - Recommended - Better Than Most

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.