The Summer Before Boys
No. of pages 208
Published: 2011
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Julia and Eliza are best friends, so when Julia's mom is sent to serve in Iraq, it makes perfect sense for her to spend the summer with Eliza and her parents. Any other time, Julia would be thrilled to be there. But on top of worrying about her mom, Julia develops her first real crush. The gap between Julia and Eliza keeps widening-until Eliza does something drastic to win back her best friend.
In her follow-up to the award-winning Anything But Typical, Nora Baskin Raleigh has written a powerful, touching story about friendship, first love, and how the people who are farthest away from us are sometimes the ones we need the most.
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Simon & Schuster .
Nora Raleigh Baskin is the acclaimed author of many books for junior and teen readers, including Surfacing and All We Know of Love. She lives in Connecticut.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Keystone to Reading Book Award
This book was recognised in the Middle School category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award.