

She''s going to pull off the most memorable good-bye ever for her best friends, give Happies-the kitschy restaurant that is her desert town''s claim to fame-a proper send-off into bankruptcy, and oh yes, hook up with her delicious crush, Jake Zavala-Kim. And Vic Navarro is throwing the most epic party Rancho Soldado has ever seen. Senior Class Only! Please with the Shhhh?. My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life is about learning what it is to be a family, and finding the inner strength to be yourself, even in the most extreme circumstances. But when she starts to crush on a boy named Ryuu, who''s frozen out by the Brats and despised by her new family, her already tenuous living situation just might implode. In an effort to please her new family, Elle falls in with the Ex-Brats, a troupe of uber-cool international kids who spend money like it''s air. Until she meets her enigmatic father, her way-too-fab aunt, and her hyper-critical grandmother, who seems to wish Elle didn''t exist.

to Tokyo, which seems like a dream come true. Um, yes, please! Elle jets off first class from Washington D.C. Enter foster-kid-out-of-water Elle Zoellner, who, on her sixteenth birthday discovers that her long-lost father, Kenji Takahari, is actually a Japanese hotel mogul and wants her to come live with him. When they get in trouble, they seek diplomatic immunity. They miss school because of jet lag and visa issues. Their sports games often involve a (private) plane trip to another country. In Tokyo, Japan! Happy birthday!" In the Land of the Rising Sun, where high culture meets high kitsch, and fashion and technology are at the forefront of the First World''s future, the foreign-born teen elite attend ICS-the International Collegiate School of Tokyo. "I''m here to take you to live with your father.
