Take a trip to Italy in this тАЬintrospective, moving, and honestтАЭ (Publishers Weekly) novel by bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) in which fledgling family bonds are threatened by new love.
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Sixteen-year-old Elijah is completely mellow and his 23-year-old brother Danny is completely not, so it's no wonder they can barely tolerate one another. So what better way to repair their broken relationship than to trick them into taking a trip to Italy together? Soon, though, their parents' perfect solution has become Danny and Elijah's nightmare as they're forced to spend countless hours together. But then Elijah meets Julia, and soon the brothers aren't together nearly as much. And when Julia suddenly decides that maybe it's Danny she's really interested in, Danny has a decision to make: does he honor his relationship with the brother he thinks hates him, or does he follow his heart, which sorely needs some repairing of its own?Elijah and Danny donтАЩt think they have anything in common except their parents. Danny thinks Elijah is a lazy, slacking, clueless dreamer who doesnтАЩt know how to make a living. Elijah thinks Danny is a workaholic, stuck-up, soulless drone who doesnтАЩt know how to make a life. Yes, theyтАЩre brothers.
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Then their parents trick them into taking a trip to Italy together. Nine days of escape. Nine days of somewhere else.
Elijah and Danny arenтАЩt sure itтАЩs going to work. Until they each meet a girlтАФthe same girl. Julia. And nothing will ever be the same again.
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AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS