<p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">"A great read-alike for fans of <br />Meg Cabot, Melissa Kantor, <br /></span></span></strong><strong><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">and Sarah Dessen."<br /><em>--VOYA</em></span></span></strong></p> </p> <p><strong>Guess who's jetting off to the Holy Land this summer!</strong></p> <p> <p>Yes, it's me—Amy Nelson-Barak. I've volunteered for ten days of military training in Israel with my friends. The Sababa brochure said it would be a “fun” summer experience. Okay, so I didn't sign up to prove I'm not a princess…I did it to surprise my hot Israeli boyfriend stationed at the same base.  </p> <p><strong> Too bad nobody told me:</strong></p> <p>- It's hot in the Negev desert…like, so hot your makeup melts off and you get under-boob sweat spots.</p> <p>- You can't sleep in until 11 a.m. </p> <p>- You shouldn't kill bees with your flatiron—don't ask.</p> <p>- Peeing in a hole isn't easy (when you're a girl)—double don't ask.<strong> </strong></p> <p>When I find out our team leader is my boyfriend Avi, I'm totally psyched…until I learn he has to treat me like all the other recruits. Can you say <em>OY VEY</em>!</p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="350" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oi57r57aY9Y" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oi57r57aY9Y"></embed> </object> </strong></p> <p> <p><strong></strong></p> </p>