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That Summer
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For fifteen-year-old Haven this is the summer where everything changes. Dad is remarrying. Her sister Ashley is planning a wedding of her own. They're both moving on, but Haven is lost in memories of a time when life was happy and her family was whole.

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Sarah Dessen is one of America's most successful writers of teenage fiction. Her books have won various awards, many of them spending several weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Sarah lives in the countryside in North Carolina with her husband, some lizards and two very spoilt dogs. Sarah's following in the UK is growing all the time and this novel follows the success of the acclaimed Just Listen, The Truth About Forever and Lock and Key.

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'A compelling story and beautifully written. Give this to a teenage girl and don't expect to see her until the last page has turned' Time Out 'Beautifully structured and profound' Observer 'Unputdownable' Mizz 'Sarah! I love all of your books, you've inspired me so much' - MySpace user 'I don't know how to explain how amazing your books are' - MySpace user

'A compelling story and beautifully written. Give this to a teenage girl and don't expect to see her until the last page has turned' Time Out 'Beautifully structured and profound' Observer 'Unputdownable' Mizz 'Sarah! I love all of your books, you've inspired me so much' - MySpace user 'I don't know how to explain how amazing your books are' - MySpace user

Gr 7-9‘That Summer could refer to the current one through which 15-year-old Haven is suffering, or it could be the one a few years ago when everything seemed perfect. Nevertheless, both summers affect her and she is a different person at their conclusions. Dessen has cast her story with a group of forgettable characters who plod their way through a cliché-ridden coming-of-age novel with a lot of subplots. There is the long-suffering mother and her scatterbrained best friend. Then there is toupee-wearing Dad, who honks from the driveway on visitation nights. Add the boy-crazy best friend and the moody older sister who is planning her wedding and making everyone miserable. The most memorable character is Summer Lee, a remnant of that long ago season when everything was just right, who shows up at the precise moments he is needed and offers support to Haven. The setting is a suburb where all the houses look exactly the same (kind of like the characters). There is nothing seriously wrong with Haven's life, except that she doesn't fit in, physically or emotionally; she is six-feet tall and still growing. She is unwilling or unable to accept change in her life, and pines for the days when her parents seemed happy and she didn't fight with her sister and the sun always shone...Sigh. Still, Haven has a good sense of humor, and her insightful barbs about everything from shopping malls to TV-news readers add some depth to the story.‘Lucinda Lockwood, Thomas Haney Secondary School, Maple Ridge, BC

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