Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe
Meet Jasmine (Hi! That's me!), forensic supersleuth (I. Wish.), aspiring Model Daughter (Emphasis on aspiring. Current status failing.), and friend to animals (If friend means 'unsuspecting victim' and animals means 'one very bad kitty').  One second she's trying to enjoy her Vegas Vacation (And meet the cute guy at the Snack Hut.  I have priorities.), the next she's tangled uup in an outrageous adventure and has to outwit a crazed killer before he ends ten lives, one of them her own (Meep! But I guess it winds up okay since Kirkus Reviews says: 'Inventive, witty, and laugh-out-loud funny, with an enjoyably twisty ending.' They wouldn't say that if everyone died, right? RIGHT?).

How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles
Moshav? What's a moshav? Is it 'shopping mall' in Hebrew? I mean, from what Jessica was telling me, Israeli stores have the latest fashions from Europe.  That black dress Jessica has is really awesome.  I know I'd be selling out if I go with the Sperm Donor to a mall, but I keep thinking about all the great stuff I could bring back home?

Unfortunately for 16-year-old Amy Nelson, 'moshav' is not Hebrew for 'shopping mall.' Not even close. Think goats, not Gucci.

Going to Israel with her estranged Israeli father is the last thing Amy wants to do this summer.  She's got a serious grudge against the 'Sperm Donor' for showing up so rarely in her life.  Now he's dragging her to a war zone to meet a family she's never known, where she'll probably be drafted into the army.  At the very least, she'll be stuck in a house with no AC and only one bathroom for seven people all summer-no best friend, no boyfriend, no shopping, no cellphone?

Goodbye pride-hello Israel.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor is headed on a collision path with the moon, they just sound like an excuse for extra homework assignments.  But her disbelief turns to fear in a split second as the entire world witnesses a lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit, catastrophically altering the earth's climate.

Everything else in Miranda's life fades away as supermarkets run out of food, gas goes up to more than ten dollars a gallon, and school is closed indefinitely.  But what Miranda and her family don't realize is that the worst is yet to come. 

Told in Miranda's diary entries, this is a heart-pounding account of her struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all-hope-in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar time.