How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles

Author:Simone Elkeles
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction, Family - Stepfamilies, Parents, Middle East, Modern fiction, Israel, Families, Jewish, Fathers and Daughters, School & Education, Social Issues, Young Adult Fiction, Stepfamilies, Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues - New Experience, Chicago (Ill.), Family - General, People & Places, History, United States, Jews, Family, Teenagers, General, New Experience, Interpersonal Relations, People & Places - Middle East, General & Literary Fiction, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12), Religious, Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780738709611
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2006-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

I can do anything you can do, and I can do it better. I think.

Just call me Amy the Sheep Shearer. That's what I've been trying to convince myself of all morning. After I found the note that Snotty wants to meet me after breakfast for our little challenge, that is.

Unfortunately, last night was not a nightmare. I really and truly challenged Snotty, and I hadn't even had any of that beer I was accused of consuming. Okay, I realize I'm the stupid one here, but I'm still determined to prove to her that I do not screw everything up.

I dress in jeans and a long-sleeve T-shirt for full protection. I don't have any protective goggles, so I put on my Coach sunglasses. Walking outside, I see Mutt bouncing toward me.

"You find my sandal yet?"

To answer me, he rolls onto his back. His tongue is hanging out of his mouth like a beggar.

"Don't grovel," I say. "It's not attractive."

I pick the mutt up and carry him with me. He might prove useful when I'm trying to corner the sheep. "Okay," I say. "Let's get a game plan. You make me look good, and I'll forget the sandal incident. Okay?"

Mutt's answer is a big fart.

This is not going to be my day.

When I reach the sheep pens, Ofra is the first person I see.

"You don't have to do this," she says.

Oh, yes I do. For me. For Mutt. For Americans all over the globe. Ofra's lack of confidence in me just furthers my resolve.

"That's okay. I want to do it," I assure her.

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