The Diary of Melanie Martin: or How I Survived Matt the Brat Michelangelo and the Leaning Tower of Pizza

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Dear Diary You will never in a million years guess where were going. Nope. Guess again. Never mind. Ill tell you. Italy! Were going to ITALY! In Europe!! Across the ocean!!! I even have a passport. Its really cool except Im squinting my eyes in the photo so I look like a dork. At least thats what my brother said. I call him Matt the brat. You would too. Trust me. . . . Go ahead. Its not snooping because youre invited to dig right into the private diary of Melanie Martin age 10. Melanie is off to Italy on a family vacation with her art-obsessed mom her grumpy dad and her annoyingly cute 6-year-old brother. But Italy isnt exactly everything Melanie expects it to be. As she discovers Michelangelo gelato and the joy of penning poetry she also discovers how much her crazy family really means to her. Maybe she wont trade them in after all.