The world can change in a minute ...Summer is Martha's favourite time. Every year she goes to stay in her grandmother's beautiful beachside house, where everything is perfect. But this year is different. There are the Manning boys, for a start - Jimmy, Tate, Todd, Luke and Leo. And then there's Olive - a girl Martha barely knew. A girl who suddenly died. A summer of what-ifs and might-have-beens. A summer of secrets and confusion. A summer Martha will never forget ...

 

 

There are 224 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 2005 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

A brand new author to the Puffin list, Kevin Henke's novels include The Birthday Room, Sun & Spoon and Words of Stone. Among his acclaimed picture books, many of which are published here in the UK, are the number one bestseller Wemberley Worried, the Caldecott Honor Book Owen and the charming Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives in Madison, Wisconsin.