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Taking Tuscany (2009)

by Renee Riva(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1434767779 (ISBN13: 9781434767776)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

David C. Cook

series

A.J.

review 1: This is a really fun read for young adults. A.J. is basically a normal teen who loves animals except that she has been moved to Italy by her eccentric Italian-American parents and cannot stop missing her former life. She has a hard time appreciating her current situation and this book follows her growth as she realizes, with the help of some great characters to love the life she is in. A.J. is lonely. She spends a lot of the summer alone or in the company of an old horse and neighbor’s dog. She is befriended by some nuns in the near-by convent who help her to come around. She also spends some valuable time and has some interesting adventures with her rather confused grandmother. Ultimately, she learns to value her wonderful loving family, her unique friends and some... more everyday heroes she encounters along with the way.I think most anyone would enjoy this book. The author treats the material in a very genuine way and A.J.’s voice is unique and lovable. I am looking forward to reading the sequel.
review 2: A few years have gone by since Saving Sailor. A few tortuous years where poor A.J. Degulio has been forced to live in Tuscany, a half a world away from her beloved dog, Sailor, her friend Danny, and the beauty of Indian Island, Idaho. Sigh! Sure, one might think that living in Italy would be wonderful. Not A.J. In Italy, she is a blond, Yankee Barbie doll, the punch line of every joke at school. To make matters worse, her family is crazy, as usual.Love, love, love Renée Riva. It’s rare that a book makes me laugh out loud. During this one, my husband kept shooting me weird looks, wondering if I was loosing my mind. Nope. Just reading Taking Tuscany and loving it! The whole time I’m reading it, I’m dying that I don’t have Heading Home waiting on my bedside table. Ug! Renée, please don’t make us wait too long for book three. I need to read the real-life-fiction version of Moon over Milan. less

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