EVERYTHING I WAS By: Corinne Demas

Irene had sort of been hoping to spend her summer with her friends, shopping in the city, and going to camp. But after her father loses his job as a corporate VP and her mother spends their savings on shoes, Irene's previous summer plans are exchanged for a job working in her grandfather's greenhouse in the country. Irene is almost ninety-nine percent sure that her summer is going to be a disaster. But then she meets the most amazing family and her summer goes form being unbearable to being pretty amazing. Ages 12 and up. Carolrhoda $17.95