📖Recommend for Grades 10 and up📖
by Jennifer Niven
Claudine "Claude" Henry's life is divided into before and after the floor dropped out from under her. Before, she lived happily with both her parents. After, Claude learns they are separating, and her mother whisks her away to a remote island off the coast of Georgia. Spending her time on this island isn't how Claude imagined spending the summer after graduation. She isn't thrilled about the change and isn't sure what to do. Then she meets Jeremiah "Miah" Crew, a boy who often spends summers on the island and has things he doesn't want to talk about with anyone like Claude. Miah helps Claude in ways she wasn't expecting, but they can't fall in love as they are both leaving come August.
An intriguing story about Claude's journey over one summer. The book is a little slow-paced and, in ways, seems longer than it needs to be. Despite this, Claude's story is captivating. Within the story, readers get insight into the history of Claude's family who lived there, but the ending to that is sadly unsatisfying. Claude has smart but blunt conversations with her friends about various topics, including sex and consent, so if those topics make you uneasy, I'd skip it. Fans of Sarah Dessen wouldn't be amiss to give this one a try unless the previously mentioned topics make for skipping.
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