In Another Land

. . . when I was fourteen years old and feeling discontent with my life. I ordered this book from a book club knowing next to nothing about it, and it really did change my life. Jennifer Green goes on a trip with her grandma to Haiti, and she sees first hand the reality of life in a third-world country. I still remember some of the images in this book: children filling dirty water jars with brown, not clear, water, and Jennifer saying, "I really am rich. Even without a mansion or a chauffeur." While the rest of this series is expendable as a typical "Girl Grows Up" series, this one should be read by every pre-teen/early teenage girl. They won't be complaining about *anything* for a long time.