Reviews
With natural dialogue and good characterization, this story of an intelligent, lifelike family is far superior to the average fare for the early teens., "Idealistic and wise, this is also absorbing reading and very much a story of today." -- The Horn Book Magazine "Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read its successor. . . . Vicky, groping painfully for answers, finding help from many sources, will strike chords of sympathy and understanding in her contemporaries, who are certain to find comfort and satisfaction in this wise, beautifully written novel." -- Chicago Tribune "The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip . . . Vicky, now 'almost 15,' tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story." -- School Library Journal "With natural dialogue and good characterization, this story of an intelligent, lifelike family is far superior to the average fare for the early teens." -- Booklist, "Idealistic and wise, this is also absorbing reading and very much a story of today."- The Horn Book Magazine "Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read its successor. . . . Vicky, groping painfully for answers, finding help from many sources, will strike chords of sympathy and understanding in her contemporaries, who are certain to find comfort and satisfaction in this wise, beautifully written novel."- Chicago Tribune "The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip . . . Vicky, now 'almost 15,' tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story."- School Library Journal "With natural dialogue and good characterization, this story of an intelligent, lifelike family is far superior to the average fare for the early teens."- Booklist, "The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip...Vicky, now 'almost 15,' tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story." --School Library Journal, "Idealistic and wise, this is also absorbing reading and very much a story of today."- The Horn Book Magazine "Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read its successor. . . . Vicky, groping painfully for answers, finding help from many sources, will strike chords of sympathy and understanding in her contemporaries, who are certain to find comfort and satisfaction in this wise, beautifully written novel."- Chicago Tribune "The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip . . . Vicky, now 'almost 15,' tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story."- School Library Journal "With natural dialogue and good characterization, this story of an intelligent, lifelike family is far superior to the average fare for the early teens."- Booklist, Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read its successor. . . . Vicky, groping painfully for answers, finding help from many sources, will strike chords of sympathy and understanding in her contemporaries, who are certain to find comfort and satisfaction in this wise, beautifully written novel., The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip . . . Vicky, now 'almost 15,' tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story., "Idealistic and wise, this is also absorbing reading and very much a story of today."-The Horn Book Magazine "Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read its successor. . . . Vicky, groping painfully for answers, finding help from many sources, will strike chords of sympathy and understanding in her contemporaries, who are certain to find comfort and satisfaction in this wise, beautifully written novel."-Chicago Tribune "The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip . . . Vicky, now 'almost 15,' tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story."-School Library Journal "With natural dialogue and good characterization, this story of an intelligent, lifelike family is far superior to the average fare for the early teens."-Booklist
