The Attitude Girl by Mila Bernadkin

1. See The Northern Lights – Watch awestruck as the green and yellow shafts of the northern lights undulate over the starlit night sky in the frozen winters.
2. Go Skinny Dipping Under The Midnight Sun – The sun shines for 24 hours a day in the middle of summer and swimming in the warm lake at midnight with the sun beating down on you is a very surreal experience.

3. Visit Santa At Home – Nothing beats the magical experience of visiting Santa and Mrs Claus at home, helping them bake cookies and going sledging in their back garden.

4. Get Stuck In A Reindeer Traffic Jam – Nothing says real Lapland than waiting for a herd of reindeer to slowly meander across the road before you can carry on with your journey.

5. Sleep In An Igloo – A night spent in the surprising warmth of an igloo is a very unusual experience and one not to be missed.
6. Hike The World Famous, 80 km Long, Bear Trail – A 5 day hike through the Oulanka National Park, a place so unpolluted and clean that several species of rare and endangered plant can be found, lichen, which grows only in places of very clean air, grows in abundance and the water is pure enough to drink straight from the rivers or lakes.

7. Drive go-carts On Ice – It’s go-carting Jim, but not as we know it!

8. Go Ice Hole Swimming – A traditional pastime for the natives of Finnish Lapland. First sit in the sauna until you are red hot and then go outside and jump into a hole cut out of the ice on the frozen lake. Very good for the circulation.

9. Sit In An Outdoor Hot Tub In Sub Zero Temperatures – The temperatures in the winter can be as cold as -30C. imagine sitting outside in these temperatures as your body is warmed by the waters of the hot tub and your ears need to be covered in a hat to stop them freezing up.
10. Go Bear Watching – The Finnish brown bear that inhabits these forests is a very shy creature and rarely seen by humans. The only way to really see them in their natural habitat is to wait in a hide for these magnificent beasts to come to feed.

Heather Sunderland, a Brit now living in Finnish Lapland, writes the Ruka & Kuusamo Travel Guide about her amazing local area, Ruka in Lapland and all the wonderful things to do there.

The Attitude Girl by Mila Bernadkin20725The Attitude Girl by Mila BernadkinRaising children has never been easy And guiding them through adolescence in our tumultuous modern world? Maddening! Today’s teens want entertainment! What they need, however, is a little bit of guidance, especially given the challenges of the current US economy. Written for young adults, ages 15 and up, and their parents, The Attitude Girl is an inspirational, award-winning timely book that gives them both

The Attitude Girl, a First-place winner in the Arizona Authors Association Annual Literary Awards Contest (General Fiction), was also named a First-place winner in the Young Adult/Teenage category at the 2009 London Book Festival, became a Finalist in the Young Adult Fiction of the 2010 National Indie Excellence Awards, and received Honorable Mentions at the 2009 Los Angeles and DIY Book Festivals and 2010 New York and Hollywood Book Festivals.

The novel recounts a young woman’s coming of age, with a little bit of sassiness and a lot of heart. Jam-packed with emotional conflict, trials and tribulations, romance and humor, the book follows outspoken, materialistic 17-year-old Victoria Benson on her rocky road to adulthood as she struggles with financial setbacks, bullying, first love, idealism, loss and forgiveness along the way.

Everyone thinks Vicky has an attitude problembut in her eyes, she’s simply being realistic and honest about what she thinks and feels. If people can’t handle it, well… it’s their problem.

The Attitude Girl was displayed and presented at Book Expo America, and since then, many educators, mental health professionals and parents alike have said, “A book like this is just what we need!” and “This novel isn’t just for girls; it’s for their mothers and grandmothers as well.“

Parents are buzzing about The Attitude Girl because they now better understand their kids; teens are raving about it because there’s, finally, someone whogets them.

The Attitude Girl has been receiving many commendable reviews and has been rated 5 stars by several authors and professional book reviewers. One called it “A wonderful read!“ and said, “This book is a good read for the young, and the young at heart.“ Another one said that “THE ATTITUDE GIRL is as entertaining as ERIN BROCKOVICH, and as deeply moving as A WALK TO REMEMBER.” And one author/reviewer stated that this “novel could well serve as a lively guide for a girl’s survival of the wicked teens.” The book was also posted as a “Book Pick.“

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The book is distributed by Ingram and Baker & Taylor.

It’s on sale now on www.Amazon.com, www.BarnesandNoble.com and www.Borders.com.

Please visit www.AttitudeGirlBook.com for more information.