Amy's jetting to the Holy Land this summer to vist her boyfriend Avi who's in the Israeli army. Two weeks at a military training base (her grandmother's idea) turns out to be pure hell ... and only gets worse when the team leader is Avi. Guess who's jetting off to the Holy Land this summer! Yes, it's me Amy Nelson-Barak. I've volunteered for ten days of military training in Israel with my friends. The Sababa brochure said it would be a "fun" summer experience. Okay, so I didn't sign up to prove I'm not a princess I did it to surprise my hot Israeli boyfriend stationed at the same base. Too bad nobody told me: - It's hot in the Negev desert like, so hot your makeup melts off and you get under-boob sweat spots. - You can't sleep in until 11 a.m. - You shouldn't kill bees with your flatiron don't ask. - Peeing in a hole isn't easy (when you're a girl) double don't ask. When I find out our team leader is my boyfriend Avi, I'm totally psyched until I learn he has to treat me like all the other recruits. Can you say OY VEY! AGES: 12 to 18 AUTHOR: Simone Elkeles is the author of Leaving Paradise and four other Flux novels, including How to Ruin Your Summer Vacation and How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Repuation. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Rules of Attraction (Walker). A popular speaker at libraries around the country, when the author is not writing she TiVos reality television and watches teen movies. She lives near Chicago with her family and two dogs.