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The Au Pairs

The Au Pairs
The Au Pairs
(Part of Au Pairs, The)  
This edition: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Ages: 14 and up
List Price: £5.99

Awards and Nominations

  • ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
  • PSLA Fiction List
  • YALSA Teens Top Ten (TTT) Nominee

Description

SEEKING SUMMER AU PAIRS
For five energetic children, between 3 and 10 years old.
Join two NYC families for a fabulous summer in Bridgehampton June 15-Labor Day.
Pay: $10,000. Driver's licence a must. Familiarity with the Hamptons a plus.
This is the story of the Hamptons, where beach cottages are the size of aeroplane hangars and cute surf guys drive Porsches. This is the story of three girls who play mummy all day and go wild all night...

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Los Angeles Times Book Review Melissa de la Cruz has created a rambunctious first novel that deserves to have its every page encrusted with sand, its binding ringed with condensation from highball glasses.
Publishers Weekly Society Page addicts will no doubt enjoy its irreverent spin on the glamorous life.
Michael Musto Village Voice A gift bag of satire, spectacle, and name-dropping. It's all too fabulous for words.
MovieWeb, March 9, 2010
...Alexa Junge to adapt book about au pairs in the Hamptons Veteran TV writer Alexa Junge has signed on to adapt Warner Bros.' teen drama Au Pairs, with R.J. Cutler attached to direct. According to Variety ...
Rope of Silicon, March 1, 2010
...Shooting is expected to start this April in New York City. [THR] Cutler Goes from Wintour Doc to Au Pairs: R.J. Cutler last directed the entertaining doc The September Issue and will now move to fictional storytelling with The Au Pairs, a ...