Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell

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“I’ve got my entire life planned out for the next ten years — including my PhD and Pulitzer Prize,” claims 16-year-old overachiever Vassar Spore, daughter of overachiever parents, who in true overachiever fashion named her after an elite women’s college. Vassar expects her sophomore summer to... read more

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Vassar Spore: A girl with dark hair who has her life all planned out, and plans to go to an Ivy League college. Her crazy Grandma Gerd, who she has never met, blackmails Vassar's parents into making her go on a summer long trip to Southeast Asia.
Hanks: An Asian-American cowboy who, at first finds Vassar finds incredibly annoying.
Grandma Gerd: Vassar's crazy artist grandmother.

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The package came during the Hour of Reflection, that sacred time after dinner when we peruse goals accomplished during the day and set goals for the day to come.

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Autumn Cornwell (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
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Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0312367929
Page Count: 368

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Truman Readers Award Nominee (Finalist, 2010, #3)

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Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Adventure & Thrillers
Books › Teens › Social Issues

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Carpe Diem Review
Autumn Cornwell: Author's website

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