SUMMER BOYS
Hailey Abbott, Hailey Abbott (17th St /. Alloy), . . Scholastic, $8.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-439-54020-9
This summer soap opera by the sea centers on a quartet of teens on vacation with their extended family, and the chapters alternate among their points of view. The author hints at the accelerated heartbeats ahead on the first page: as Jamie puts on a necklace that was a gift from Ethan—her love from last summer—readers learn that "just wearing it made her pulse spike." Alas, Ethan soon makes it clear that
Reviewed on: 08/02/2004
Genre: Children's
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