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Fresh Off the Boat by Melissa de la Cruz

Fresh Off the Boat by Melissa de la Cruz

      
Dear Peaches,

America is PERFECT! I love it here. I wish you could come visit -- we could go shopping on Market Street and you could meet all my new friends. And my new boyfriend. He looks EXACTLY like Toby Maguire (from Spider-Man, not Seabiscuit). We'll be the hottest couple of the Soiree!

I miss you!! Xxxooo,
V.

Okay, so Vicenza isn't being totally honest with Peaches, her best friend back in Manila. But what fun is it being the new girl at snooty Grosvernor High? Or rooting through the Salvation Army for unholey cashmere sweaters? Or having culture-shocked, embarrassingly clueless parents? Maybe being Claude Caligari's ignored geometry partner is sort of fun, but Vicenza would rather be his girlfriend . . . or at least his date to the annual fancy-schmancy Soiree d'Hiver.

But Vicenza won't be friendless, fashionless, or "fresh off the boat" for long -- it's only a matter of time before she sees what's right before her eyes and her luck begins to change.

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recent publishing history

Paperback

May-2006

HarperTrophy

ISBN: 0060545429

ISBN13: 9780060545420

First Edition

Hardcover

Apr-2005

HarperCollins

ISBN: 0060545402

ISBN13: 9780060545406


Hardcover

Apr-2005

HarperCollins

Library Binding

ISBN: 0060545410

ISBN13: 9780060545413

eBook (Kindle)

May-2010

HarperTeen


eBook

Jun-2010

Harper

ISBN: 0062015516

ISBN13: 9780062015518

 

book info

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published

Apr-2005 (hardcover)

May-2006 (paperback)

time period

Contemporary

genres

Romance

themes

Women's Fiction