Summer Girls
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3.6 • 11 Ratings
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- $1.99
Publisher Description
From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn’t be farther apart.
Cass has a rule about dating summer girls—just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with the obnoxious daughters of the rich who stay in their families’ summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass.
Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend’s very expensive car.
Birdie’s punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach—but it won’t be a vacation. He’s enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job at the public beach where Cass lifeguards.
At first the two despise each other. Birdie doesn’t want a babysitter, and Cass doesn’t want to be one. But as the season heats up, Birdie surprises Cass time and again, and before long both girls can’t help but wonder: Are some rules made to be broken?
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Because of her wealthy parents' occupations, Birdie Gordon is used to being in the spotlight: her lifestyle influencer mother has staged and documented Birdie's entire life on social media, while her real estate developer father makes his fortune buying and flipping buildings in working-class neighborhoods. One of those neighborhoods is teenage lifeguard Cassandra Adler's beachside town. When Birdie crashes her car while livestreaming, her dad bans Birdie from driving, social media, parties, and traveling; forces her to get a summer job; and enlists Cass to watch over her for the season. The girls immediately clash: Cass views Birdie as a spoiled gentrifier, and Birdie sees Cass as a know-it-all hypocrite. Still, their forced proximity soon deepens into a real connection, and sparks fly. But cultivating a romantic relationship is harder than anticipated, as their attitudes about their differences threaten to tear them apart. Though the portrayal of parent influencers and their impact on their children is somewhat two-dimensional, nuanced discussions of gentrification levied by the girls' charming romance balance out this sweet and summery beach read by Dugan (Playing for Keeps). Both girls cue as white. Ages 12–up.
