Welcome to Dog Beach (The Seagate Summers #1)
The Seagate Summers Book One
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Eleven-year-old Remy loves Seagate, the island where her grandmother had a house and where her family spends every summer vacation. But this year’s different. Remy misses her dog, Danish, who recently passed away. The usual Seagate traditions don’t feel the same—and neither does her relationship with her two best friends, Micayla and Bennett. Micayla’s family is moving to Seagate year-round, and she’s spending more time with the year-round kids. Bennett’s doing “boy stuff” with new kid Calvin and his snobby sister Claire. Remy takes comfort in the company of Dog Beach—which is where she hatches her plan to bring her friends closer and recapture the Seagate magic. This start of a new series is filled with summer treats, activities, and the spirit of friendship and invention that are Greenwald’s trademarks.
Praise for Welcome to Dog Beach
"Remy’s quiet tale of change and growth marks a promising start to a new series."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Greenwald (My Summer of Pink & Green) gives Remy a candid and relatable voice in this first book in the Seagate Summers series."
--Publishers Weekly
"Dog devotees and aspiring entrepreneurs will find a friend and mentor in Remy, who adroitly combines her puppy love with a knack for business. She’ll also make a good companion for those self-serious tween readers looking for a little sympathy on the perplexing and often unpleasant road to adolescence."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Change upsets contemplative Remy, and she's up against a lot of it during her 11th summer on Seagate Island, where her family vacations. As Greenwald's novel opens, Remy is facing her first summer without her dog, Danish, who recently died. Her relationship with her two best friends is also in flux: Micayla has new friends (and a new crush), and Bennett, who Remy realizes she likes as more than a friend, is busy hanging out with a boy who's new to Seagate. Starting a doggy day care business together eases Remy's pain over the loss of Danish and bonds the three friends and two newcomers. Greenwald (My Summer of Pink & Green) gives Remy a candid and relatable voice in this first book in the Seagate Summers series. Reflecting on her confusion over her shifting friendship with Bennett, she says, "I feel like I'm bursting with feelings, like I'm carrying balloons under my shirt and I have to let them out." This involving summer read probes genuine adolescent transitions with insight, poignancy, and humor. Ages 10 14.
