Review
"The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip...Vicky, now 'almost 15,' tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story." --School Library Journal



From the Publisher
Vicky Austin is filled with uncertainties about everything. Her parents call it Vicky's "difficult year." But fourteen-year-old Vicky is not so consumed with her problems that she can't enjoy the exciting adventures of her family's summer cross-country camping trip.In the course of their travels Vicky meets Zachary, an intriguing but troubled boy who latches on to Vicky. And still another boy, Andy, altogether different from Zachary, soon becomes his rival.Far from the comfort and security that the family has always known, and in spite of the trials they encounter on the road, the Austins enjoy each other and the sights from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back again. And for the first time Vicky feels the mixed emotions of friendship and love.


From the Inside Flap
Vicky Austin is filled with uncertainties about  everything. Her parents call it Vicky's  "difficult year." But fourteen-year-old Vicky is  not so consumed with her problems that she can't  enjoy the exciting adventures of her family's  summer cross-country camping trip.



In  the course of their travels Vicky meets Zachary,  an intriguing but troubled boy who latches on to  Vicky. And still another boy, Andy, altogether  different from Zachary, soon becomes his  rival.



Far from the comfort and security that the  family has always known, and in spite of the trials  they encounter on the road, the Austins enjoy each  other and the sights from the Atlantic to the  Pacific and back again. And for the first time Vicky  feels the mixed emotions of friendship and love.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Vicky Austin is filled with uncertainties about everything. Her parents call it Vicky's "difficult year." But fourteen-year-old Vicky is not so consumed with her problems that she can't enjoy the exciting adventures of her family's summer cross-country camping trip.

In the course of their travels Vicky meets Zachary, an intriguing but troubled boy who latches on to Vicky. And still another boy, Andy, altogether different from Zachary, soon becomes his rival.