The Vacation Shift · Hook of a Book · Radar

Detailed Plot Synopsis1:23 – 3:28

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Let me read you a summary of the vacation shift right now.

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Ivy Yu hasn't really felt like herself ever since her parents separated about six months ago.

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She's focused on getting this guy, Connor, to actually like her.

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Connor is multiple years older than her, and he's going to college.

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Ivy's only going to be a junior.

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And this summer is kind of her last chance to get Connor to be interested in her.

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She plans to work at the same camp as him, but all of that changes when her mother decides that Ivy and her are going to Japan on a bus tour.

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Listen, Ivy has nothing against going to Japan.

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In fact, she's kind of excited to see it.

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But this bus tour is going to last for multiple weeks, and she's not going to be able to work at the camp with Connor, and so this means that her chances with him are basically over.

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And when she actually shows up in Tokyo, she realizes that there basically are no other teenagers on this tour.

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Everybody is an adult or even a senior citizen.

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That is, everybody except Mateo, a teenage boy who's there with his single dad, Keith.

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Abby begins to spend her days exploring Japan with her mother, and it's actually a really cool country.

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She gets to see so many interesting things.

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But then she and Mateo begin to notice something suspicious.

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Ivy's mother and Keith, Mateo's dad, are getting really close, maybe even too close to just be friends.

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And as if that's not bad enough, Connor back home is actually seeing other people and Ivy finds out about it.

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This is shaping up to be the weirdest summer of her life.

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All she knows is that she doesn't want her mother to be with Keith.

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So she and Mateo strike a deal.

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They're going to keep their parents apart no matter the cost.

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But, as Mateo and Ivy spend time trying to keep their parents from each other, they begin to get close themselves.

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As they spend their days traveling around Japan, seeing all of the sights the country has to offer, Ivy and Mateo begin to grow closer and closer until there is no question that there is something between them.

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This vacation won't last forever, but the consequences might.