cover Title: Spanish Holiday
Author: Kate Cann

type of book: YA Fiction
call number: YA/FIC

This book is strong in character, story and setting.

Summary:
Laura and her two best friends have been planning the best vacation ever for the three years before they start the university in the fall. They have worked and saved for a long time to travel all over Spain. However, their plans are changed for the worse when Ruth finds an obnoxious boyfriend, who is coming with them. Laura and Yaz are miserable and ready to go their separate ways from the couple, when by chance they meet an older couple (Bella and Bobby) in Seville who own a summer house in Spain and need summer house sitters. The group agrees to try it out and Laura falls in love with the house, the setting and the small town.

Juan is a local builder who helps take care of the grounds for Bella's house. Yaz and Laura are both infatuated with him. Laura assumes that Yaz will be the one Juan's interested in, so she pretends to not be all that interested. Sparks, both good and bad fly all around, including the fact that Tom is bored and demands Ruth leave with him to go south and vacation with the cheesy touristy places while Yaz and Laura fight over Juan.

I would recommend this book!

Why?
This is a fun summer read that gets better as the story goes along.

Other suggested reading:
  • Grecian Holiday - also by Kate Cann
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    Employee Initials: KS Review Date: July 2004

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