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Wanderlust: A Beautiful Americans Novel

Posted by: John on: November 8, 2009

wanderlustSilag, Lucy.  Wanderlust:  A Beautiful Americans Novel.  2009.  277p.  RazorBill, $16.99.  (978-1-59514-223-8).  Gr. 10-12.

Alex, Jay, Zack, and Olivia—American exchange high school students at a Paris school—search throughout the French countryside for their friend, Penelope Jane (aka PJ) who finds herself in danger when she finds her sister.  But PJ is not the only one in danger:  Alex’s host parents, who can destroy anyone who crosses them, may destroy all of them.  The focus on these five young people comes from their search for some place to belong, including Zack’s decision to briefly run away to Amsterdam where he hopes to openly express his homosexuality.

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