by Sarah Ockler
290 pages
In Twenty Boy Summer we follow the journey of Anna as she recovers from the loss of her first love and best friend. The twist resides in the fact that Frankie her other best friend lives next door and it was her brother that died. Frankie does not know Anna loved her brother and invites her along on a family vacation to the beach. Here they make a pact to meet a boy every day while on vacation hence the title Twenty Boy Summer. Do they meet the quota of 20 boys? You'll have to read it to find out. I didn't expect to like this book very much but it grew on me. The way every one grieves the loss Matt (the brother) is remarkably poignant. It begins as a stock teen novel but by the end has grown beyond those stereotypical bounds. For a debut novel I find myself even more impressed by the author and would reccomend this to other readers of teen literature.
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