Penny Piva
All 17-year-old Hazel wants from her summer vacation is to hang around with family and friends, including her crush Melinda who just moved next door! Instead her aunt surprises--horrifies!!--her with a trip to Italy, where with her soon-to-be cousin Rocco and his best friend Isabella, Hazel accidentally falls into the middle of robberies and robbers. Determined to solve the crimes, while also saving Rocco from his suspiciously shady new American dream girl, Hazel finds a dream girl of her very own. Thankfully, her parents and maternal grandmother are far, far away and will never find out about Hazelâ€™s international â€œindiscretion.â€ Or will they?,Set in the Apulia region of Italy (the heel of the boot!), CAPERS keeps up with Hazel as she makes friends and culinary masterpieces. Or at least culinary pretty-darned-goods, if she does say so herself.
Young Adult,LGBT
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