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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

That Summer

Dessen, Sarah. That Summer. New York: Penguin Group, 1996. 198 pages. (Drama / Romance)

For fifteen-year-old Haven, she can’t stand the fact that she is almost six feet tall and still growing. She and her older sister Ashley had to go through her mom and dad’s divorce, which isn’t always easy. But the hard part about it was that, that summer her dad was getting re-married to Lorna Queen the local television newscaster. The “Weather Pet” as Haven likes to call her. Also that summer Ashley was going to get married to Lewis Warsher, who Haven doesn’t really think suits Ashley at all. Then one day when Haven was working at the mall she saw Ashley’s old boyfriend, Sumner Lee. When Haven saw Sumner she remembered back when her parents were together and happy. When Ashley was nice and carefree. And everything was the way she liked it, or not…

I would and wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone because it’s a good book, but it didn’t keep my interest at all, and it’s not something I would want to read again.

Reviewed by: PrivilegedReader