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149 pp.
| Knopf
| May, 2000
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TradeISBN 0-375-80509-5$$15.95
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LibraryISBN 0-375-90509-X$$17.99
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4-6
It's spring vacation and Melanie Martin is off to Italy with her family and her new diary. Not a moment is left undocumented, including a visit to the emergency room and losing her brother in the Vatican. Though many of the situations have quick resolutions, Melanie's matter-of-fact narration is amusing and carries the story through to the end.