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The Arizona Zone  
Feeling the Heat
 
 
Dear Arizona,
   I know this sounds weird, but I hate summer! Don’t get me wrong. I love the no-homework part and the sleeping-later part. It’s the heat I can’t stand! It gets so hot where I live that you can bake cookies on the sidewalk. How can I convince my parents that we should move to Antarctica?
—Overheated

Dear Overheated,
   Not to make you feel bad, but I have the opposite problem. I live in San Francisco, where summer days can actually be cold and foggy! Those are the days when I beg my parents to move our family to Hawaii. So far, I’ve had exactly zero success with that.

 
 
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