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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
meets Middle School in this MG/YA travel memoir of a family's global journey and the lessons learned along the way.
"THANKS FOR RUINING MY LIFE!"
Delaney McIntyre's eighth-grade dreams crumble when her parents announce their "five-month family field trip." And despite her begging, bawling, and silent treatment, Delaney can't derail their obvious midlife crisis. Seventh-grade Riley McIntyre is thrilled to ditch middle school for world school. The late bloomer dreams of bungee jumping in New Zealand and completing the Riley Reinvention Project during this global adventure.
What about school? Forget science and math. The only way to pass this class is to survive:
Public nudity in Iceland
Deadly jellies in Australia
Monster cockroaches in Panama
Scam artists in Italy
Projectile puking in Indonesia
Toilet catastrophes in Thailand
...and many more horrifying lessons that aren't in their textbooks! Each day is a real-life social studies class where the sisters must navigate new countries, cultures, and religions-while also navigating adolescence.
But when a flight mistake leads to their detention in a communist country, the sisters face the ultimate challenge. Will they fail the assignment? Or will they find their way home?