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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon Pulse

ISBN-101481432540

ISBN-139781481432542

eBay Product ID (ePID)212889024

Product Key Features

Book TitleLove and Gelato

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicLove & Romance, Family / Parents, General, People & Places / Europe, Romance / Clean & Wholesome, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorJenna Evans Welch

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight16.4 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2015-029210

ReviewsLina narrates in a breezy style, her mother's journal entries interwoven to provide revelations at carefully paced intervals.Seasoned with luscious descriptions of Renaissance architecture and Italianfood, a sure bet for fans of romance fiction and armchair travel., Lina's capacity for and understanding of love transform beautifullyover the course of the novel; the book is not solely about her personal romance but also other characters' interwoven love stories. A good addition for teens with wanderlust.

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

SynopsisA New York Times bestseller A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn't in the mood for Italy's famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She's only there because it was her mother's dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn't around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home. But then Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina's uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother's footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept from Lina for far too long. It's a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father--and even herself. People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more., Now a movie streaming on Netflix! A New York Times bestseller A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn't in the mood for Italy's famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She's only there because it was her mother's dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn't around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home. But then Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina's uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother's footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept from Lina for far too long. It's a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father--and even herself. People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.W435Lo 2016