Get swept away in this breezy beach read about love, family, and the true meaning of friendship.Meet the Boys of Winlock Harbor Grayson Cartwright: Golden Boy. Football Prodigy. Troublemaker. Mike Metzler: Local Heartthrob. Surfer Boy. Hopeless Romantic. Ian Handler: Army Brat. Musician. King of Sarcasm. Best friends since they were kids, Grayson, Mike, and Ian were hoping for another epic summer on The Locks, filled with clambakes, bonfires, and late-night swims in the ocean. But that was before Ians dad never returned home from his last deployment. Before Mike had to take on more responsibility in order to help provide for his family. Before Graysons accident left him with an injured throwing arm and an uncertain future. Its clear this summer on the island is shaping up to be very different from those Grayson, Mike, and Ian had come to rely on. And when the sacred code of dating a friends sister or ex is broken, it will push their friendship to the absolute limit, testing their loyalties in a way that could either break themor save them.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.

There are 352 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2016 by Simon & Schuster .

Jessica Brody is the author of several popular books for teens, including A Week of Mondays and the Unremembered trilogy . She splits her time between California and Colorado.