True Love, the Sphinx, and Other Unsolvable Riddles

A Comedy in Four Voices

By O'Connell, Tyne

Publishers Summary:
American teenagers Sam and Salah lead fairly uncomplicated lives. They breeze through classes at their prestigious Manhattan high school, their friends and classmates all look up to them, and they’ve never had to put much effort into attracting girls. But when their class embarks on a field trip to Egypt, complications arise in the forms of Rosie and Octavia, two British beauties who won’t be easily charmed. Amid luscious scenes of Egyptian culture and history, these four star-crossed lovers will have to endure mistakes, missteps, and plenty of misunderstandings before they can achieve their hearts’ desires. Told in four alternating points of view, Tyne O’Connell’s latest novel is both a fast-paced comedy-of-errors, and a heartfelt romance that proves that sometimes, the greatest complication of all is love.

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ISBN
978-1-59990-050-6
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on March 1, 2008

Gr 7-11 Though they are best friends at their upscale private high school, shutter-bug Sam has always stood in the shadow of Salah, considered the most eligible teenager in Manhattan. Usually, Sam's more than happy to take Salah's cast-off "cuties" as sloppy seconds, but that changes when their class takes a field trip to Egypt, planned in conjunction with a swanky London girls' school, and Sam meets the outrageous British beauty, Octavia. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

New Yorkers Salah and Sam meet Londoners Octavia and Rosie on a school trip to Egypt. The story is told though their alternatin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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