The Au Pairs

By Melissa de la Cruz

Book Overview

SUMMER AU PAIRS NEEDED IMMEDIATELYFor four energetic children, between 3 and 10 years old.Join a NYC family for the best summer of your life inEast Hampton, July 4-Labor Day.Pay: $10,000.00Driver's license a must.Familiarity with the Hamptons, a plus.Send resumes and head shots to HamptonsAuPairs@yahoo.comMeet Mara Waters, Eliza Thompson, and Jacqui Velasco -- new au pairs for one of New York City's wealthiest families -- who will spend their summer in one of the most posh, most exclusive spots for summer summering: the Hamptons.For good girl Mara, this job is a way out of another go-slow Massachusetts summer. Eliza, New York City's former It Girl, knows this is the fast lane back to the stylish world she wishes she'd never left. And for Brazilian bombshell Jacqui, it's a boarding pass back to her American love who told her he'd e-mail as soon as he got home, and didn't.After all, how hard can an au pair job be? Slap sunscreen on the kids during the day and party at the coolest hot spots at night, right??Wrong.While Eliza is desperately trying to hide her baby-sitting job from her superspoiled friends who think she's still just as rich as she used to be, Mara's getting awfully cozy with the kids' extremely attractive older brother, Ryan. And Jacqui is heartbroken when she discovers that the love of her life may have been nothing more than a spring fling.If the girls can manage au pair duties -- all the while mastering the ins and outs of the Hamptons' social scene -- it might just turn out to be the most incredible summer of their lives. But to do it they'll have to stick together. And that's where things definitely get sticky.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689870663
• ISBN13: 9780689870668
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.9" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

The Au Pairs

I've read The Au Pairs four times now. It is one of the best books I have ever read. I love how the girls all grow and change throughout the book and even become friends though they obviously have your differences. I have reccomended this book to lots of friends who have also loved the book.

UNPUTDOWNABLE!!!

once you start reading this book, you can't stop!! this is one funny, fast, fashion-filled story. three teens, mara, a suburban good girl, eliza, a former upper east side princess, and jacqui a brazilian model, work for a rich family in the hamptons. de la cruz writes with wicked wit and and a sweet center, you'll root for the girls as they battle bitchy bosses and vapid hilton-sister clones, the writing is so clear and sharp you can almsot smell the beach and taste the passion fruit margaritas! anyone who loved GossipGirl and the A-list will want to be an au pair!! can't wait for the sequel --- am dying to know what happens!!!

Excellent book!

Everyone should get this book! It's a good, fun read and it puts you in a great mood, it's definitely my favorite book!

Fill the pages with sand!

This book has been one of my favorite summer reads ever. The book moves along great and is a quick, but fun read. I would advise you to get this book if you liked the books gossip girl and the A list even though this one is a little different.

Exceptionally Well Written!

I am not a "chick" and I haven't been "thirty-something" for twenty-something years, but I found this book to be exceptionally clever and engaging. Melissa DeLaCruz is obviously a brilliant young talent who will be a best-selling author in a very short time. This book was so much fun I could not put it down until I finished it. Yes, I live close the beach but nowhere near the Hamptons. The entire book was magnificent. The "rules for Hamptons travel" alone is more than worth the price of admission. I could not stop laughing! Anyone who shares my loathing of cretins who broadcast their cell phone conversations in public venues will revel in this chapter, and anyone who enjoys an exhilirating and delightful read will be captivated by this wonderful book.