E Y Chypchar: 3 books

Fourteen year old Summer is spending July and August at Lake Como, Italy with her mother. She doesn't know it yet, but her parents are about to drop a bad-new-bomb that will change her life. All she wants to do is scuba dive in Lake Como with her cousin Francesca. But family and scuba diving take on...

Summer and Francesca shed their scuba gear and pull on ancient robes. This time they're working as translators at the Coliseum in Rome. The girls soon learn that translating is not all about pointing to the bathrooms or checking ticket lines. The job gets a little rough when a drunk and disorderly tourist...

The problem with being told to be a good girl when you're young is that you think you're supposed to please people and keep the peace in your family and among your friends. Along with your peacekeeping duties, you assume it's impolite to talk about money when you're applying for your first part-time...