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YA
Unsure of what to study in college, Clarice hopes to figure things out when she spends the summer before senior year of high school volunteering at the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman Island. Clarice's single-minded (pathological) focus on animal rights makes her a one-note character (and not very likable), but the unusual setting and subject matter may appeal to some readers.
224 pp.
| Zonderkidz
| November, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-310-72617-3$10.99
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4-6
Sisters in All Seasons series.
Stepsisters return for another adventure in blended family vacationing, here on a Grand Cayman cruise. An insensitive cousin threatens Diana and Stephanie's tentative bond, and all three girls court trouble when they find a smuggled iguana on board. Animal hijinks and familial tensions wrap up tidily with plenty of lessons learned: an entertaining and gently moral addition to the series.
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4-6
While visiting the Cayman Islands with their zoologist father, three teenagers, accomplished scuba divers, happen across treasure and treasure-hunting criminals on a dive. This discovery leads to a series of life-threatening scenes. The dense-with-detail and message-heavy writing slows the pace, but things speed up as the danger factor increases in this action-adventure novel. Glos.