Cirrus@Austlit

'There’s a reason families usually live together — to contain the horror and not inflict it on others. A family holiday is a really, really bad idea! After a super embarrassing situation at school, Jakob decides the only way to escape the ridicule is to leave the country on a family holiday. But with a cheapskate worry-wart for a dad and an obnoxiously loud optimist for a mum, fresh humiliation is around every corner. Even worse, the weirdest girl at school is coming along for the ride and won’t let Jakob out of her sight. Jakob thinks he has hit rock-bottom. Little does he know there is always further to fall in a family holiday disaster!' (Publication summary)

'There’s a reason families usually live together—to contain the horror and not inflict it on others. A family holiday is a really, really bad idea!

'After crash landing in the Pacific Ocean, getting stranded on a volcanic island, evacuating back into the ocean when the volcano erupted and becoming lost at sea, Jakob, his worry-wart dad, overly optimistic mum and weird kind-of-friend, Jodie, are rescued by a luxury cruise ship. Finally, their relaxing family holiday can properly begin. Little does Jakob know there are stormy waters ahead in this next family holiday disaster!' (Publication summary)

'There's a reason families usually live together to contain the horror and not inflict it on others. A family holiday is a really, really bad idea! After escaping an erupting volcanic island only to have their cruise ship intercepted by a cyclone, Jakob thought surely his family's holiday troubles were over. But washed up on the far north coast of Australia, they are still thousands of kilometres from home. There's plenty more disaster in store as they make their way south, including landslides, breakdowns, pest infections, floods and more. Nothing so far has prepared Jakob for a horrendous family road trip!' (Publication summary)