While he works during the day, Becca embarks on a sightseeing tour with Felix, the quiet son of her dad's girlfriend, and Sara, a Muslim au pair from Bosnia, all implied-white. In 1993, 12-year-old Becca's anxiety disorder makes her nervous about many things developing cancer from an airport X-ray machine or salmonella from undercooked food but she is determined to visit her father in Vienna for the summer. What matters most is what you do when faced with them. As Becca explores Vienna and becomes close to her new friends, she soon learns she is not alone in her fears. Or Sara, the nineteen-year-old Bosnian refugee tasked with watching the two of them for the summer. Like Felix, the short and bookish son of Becca's dad's new girlfriend. Routines and plans help Becca cope but living in a new country is full of the unexpected-including Becca's companions for the summer. By writing down her fears and what to do if the worst happens, Becca can get by without (many) panic attacks. Luckily, she's packed her Doomsday Journal, the one thing that always seems to help. Suffering from severe anxiety, she fears that the metal detectors at the airport will give her cancer and the long international flight will leave her with blood clots. Most twelve-year-olds would be excited to fly to Austria to see their dad for the summer but then Becca is not most twelve-year-olds. A new middle-grade tale from critically acclaimed, award-winning author Kristin Levine about facing your fears, set in Vienna during the Bosnian genocide.
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