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When Isa DÃaz starts dating a fellow counselor at an Everglades summer camp, everyone tells her he's bad news. Will she go all the way with him? Should she abandon her dream of attending college in Michigan when she learns that her Cuban-born mother has breast cancer? Isa's breezy, sarcastic voice goes a long way toward offsetting the plot's familiarity.