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Sometimes you have to get lost. The Girl: Clio, seventeen, wants to spend the summer smooching her art-store crush, not stuck on a boat in the Mediterranean. At least she'll get a killer tan. The Mission: Survive her father's annoying antics. Oh, also find some underwater treasure that... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Clio: Main character, a seventeen-year-old girl who's spending her summer in Italy on a ship
- Ben: Clio's father who left her and her mother years ago
- Aidan: Julia's assistant who lives with Clio and co. on the boat. He is the only person on the boat with Internet access.
- Elsa: Julia's daughter. Clio thought she was a "cheese goddess" when they first met. She is having trouble getting over a breakup.
- Martin: Ben's longtime best friend
- Julia: Elsa's mom and Ben's girlfriend. She is looking for Marguerite's Rock.
- Ollie: Clio's crush from the art store
- Jackson: Clio's best friend from back home. An expert "judger of kisses."
First Sentence edit
"Lightning flashed over Big Ben, and a bruise-lilke darkness draped over the dome of St. Paul's."
Table of Contents edit
London, May 1897
The Secret That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Where There Is a Balloon, There Is Always a Pin
Moments and Omens
Your Kind of Crowd
Dangerous Contraptions
Mental Scarring and Jokes That Aren't Funny
The Sea Butterfly
The Sea Rules
The Champagne Suite
London, November 1897
At Sea
Kidnapped
Confinement, Not Solitary
The Snoop
Rules and Transgressions
The Escape
A Brief History of Floridian Girl-Lifting
Eurotrash Springs Eternal
Kill It If It Moves
The SS "Bell Star" May 1897
Rescue
The Venom
Oyster Girl
Choices
Temptations and Voices
A Kind of Truth
A General Malfunction
The Exchange
The Date
Do Not Push the Shiny Orange Button
Mistaken Identity
Impulsive Decisions
The Diver
The Stone
Prisoners
The Great Beyond
The Truth
Kos, Greece, March 1905
The Worst Summer of My Life
Errata edit
On page 69, it says "...not that there was a lot you could do once it happpened." Happpened should be happened.
On page 190, it says "...It fact, it was slightly more snarky and arrogant." It should be in.
On page 221, it says, "Cleo was in the middle of considering these questions and reheating the strew for lunch..." Strew should be stew.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Maureen Johnson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 336
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 336
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