In this 2008-2009 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award nominee title, 15-year-old Jazz Gardner leaves behind California and Steve Morales, her best friend and co-owner of the biz, for a summer in India with her family. The problem is that she has secretly been in love with Steve for awhile, and she's afraid of what might happen when she's gone for so long.
When Jazz gets to India, she learns a lot about herself, life, friendship, and family. She finds herself rethinking things she believes about herself and others and making some changes.
This book includes detail about life and people in India.
Topics: India, small business owners, insecurity with self, first love, family, orphans, giving, self-perception, track
Genre: realistic fiction
Mrs. Beckwith's rating? 5 of 5
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