There are two sides to every summer.

Rory McShane's signed on to be a summer errand girl for a wealthy family with an enormous beachfront mansion. She hopes she'll be able to sneak in some sunbathing too.

Enter Isabel Rule, who's not only up for sunbathing but set on having a breathless summer romance that her family would never approve of. Isabel has decided that this is the summer for taking chances, and she's dragging Rory along for the ride.

But when long-hidden secrets start to surface, their friendship will be put to the test.

This is volume 1 in Rules Of Summer .

This book has been graded for interest at 12+ years.

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Little, Brown Book Group .

Joanna Philbin was born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City. She holds a B. A. from Brown University and a J. D. and M. F. A. from the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of The Daughters series, and lives and writes in Los Angeles.