Twenty Boy Summer

Twenty Boy Summer

By Sarah Ockler

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Grades 9 - 12Grades 10 - 8n/a5.568749
"Don't worry, Anna. I'll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it."
"Okay."
"Promise me? Promise you won't say anything?"
"Don't worry." I laughed. "It's our secret, right?"

According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in Zanzibar Bay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy ever day, there's a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance. Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there's something she hasn't told Frankie---she's already had that kind of romance, and it was with Frankie's older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago.

Beautifully written and emotionally honest, this is a debut novel that explores what it truly means to love someone and what it means to grieve, and ultimately, how to make the most of every single moment this world has to offer.

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 8601300196633
ISBN-10: 1300196637
Published on 5/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 320

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I read the book Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler. This book is about a girl named Anna and her best friend Frankie on there trip to California with Frankie's parents. Frankie had a brother named Matt and Anna and Matt were secretly dating for about a month without Frankie finding out. One day Matt,Frankie, and Anna got in a car accident and Matt dies. Frankie never finds out. So, Frankie, Anna and Frankie's parents go off to California to try and get over the loss of Matt. Frankie and Anna make a bet who ever can date 20 boys over three weeks when they are in California they win. I really liked this book because of all the romance between Anna and the boys she dates. This is realistic fiction because this could happen to any girl in real life. I think people who like romance would like this book . And, I think girls would like this book. I think this because there is a lot of dating in this book.