基本信息出版社：Delacorte Books for Young Readers
页码：160 页
出版日期：2003年05月
ISBN：0385729790
International Standard Book Number：0385729790
条形码：9780385729796
EAN：9780385729796
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
内容简介 When his parents surprise Jason with a family vacation to California, he is totally excited. Not only will he get to fly, he’ll have a chance to try out for Masquerade Mania! That’s before he learns that they will be camping cross-country in a sardine can (at least that’s what the contraption looks like). Jason’s willing to do just about anything to get a chance to be on Mania. But isn’t wearing pink underwear, enduring the stares of fellow campers, and putting up with his pain-in-the-neck sister above and beyond the call of duty?
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作者简介 Diane Roberts is a puppeteer who has performed in front of thousands of children. With her bubbly personality and Texan spirit, Diane is sure to wow readers everywhere she goes. This is her first novel. She lives in Fort Worth, TX.
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媒体推荐 ?The story is as high energy as the game show itself, punctuated with witty details of the everyday life of junior-high boys and topped off with a highly satisfying, wish-fulfilling conclusion. . . . Light hearted summer reading fun.??The Bulletin, Recommended
?This light, fun fiction marks a solid start for Roberts.??Publishers Weekly
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编辑推荐 “The story is as high energy as the game show itself, punctuated with witty details of the everyday life of junior-high boys and topped off with a highly satisfying, wish-fulfilling conclusion. . . . Light hearted summer reading fun.”—The Bulletin, Recommended
“This light, fun fiction marks a solid start for Roberts.”—Publishers Weekly
From the Trade Paperback edition.
专业书评 From the Back Cover
“The story is as high energy as the game show itself, punctuated with witty details of the everyday life of junior-high boys and topped off with a highly satisfying, wish-fulfilling conclusion. . . . Light hearted summer reading fun.”—The Bulletin, Recommended
“This light, fun fiction marks a solid start for Roberts.”—Publishers Weekly
From the Trade Paperback edition.
文摘 Chapter One
Mom always says the difference between a trip and a vacation is the quantity of dirty laundry after it?s over. A visit to Aunt Kate?s house would be considered a trip?never lasts more than two days, only one change of underwear, two max. However, traveling from Texas to California? Definitely a vacation.
Dad had been in Los Angeles all spring. But he wasn?t on vacation. His aircraft company sent him out there. One of the reasons Dad was asked to go was because he?s a brilliant engineer. And he?s a great problem solver, too. At least that?s what he tells us. His boss wanted him to work out some wrinkles in the L.A. office. It wasn?t that he hadn?t missed us, but he?d said a million times how much he liked it on the West Coast.
I was busy researching a school project on my computer when Directions Man popped up on my Buddy List.
?Hey, Dad!? I Instant Messaged him. Engineers love reading directions, so it?s the perfect name for him. ?How?s it going??
?Miss you guys,? he IM?d back.
?Same here.?
?The Pacific Ocean is awesome, Jason, and the weather is fantastic.?
?I want to see for myself,? I wrote him. Were there palm trees and movie stars on every corner? Did everyone drive a convertible? I could almost taste the salty ocean air.
?You?d love it, Mania Man,? came his answer, flying across my monitor. Everyone knows my screen name. I chose it after the greatest game show of all time, Masquerade Mania.
It?s the best. All the contestants are kids. Almost everyone in our sixth-grade class watches, especially Freddy and me. Even my parents and my pain-in-the-neck older sister, Jen, like it. It?s hilarious.
The master of ceremonies is this beautiful long-haired girl named Jasmine. Dad says she gives the show class. At the beginning of the show, she glides down a winding staircase like melting butter. She?s awesome. Her cohost is Desmond O. Now, that guy is cool. He wears thi
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