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Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Summer Sisters

by Judy Blume
  • Critics' Consensus (15):
  • Readers' Rating (34):
  • First Published:
  • Jun 1, 1998, 400 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 1999, 416 pages
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Courtney

Wow! this was an awesome book ! Judy Blume is an amazing author! I couldn't put it down and I never wanted it to end!I would totally recomend it to any one who has ever had a special friend or just likes a good book!
Erin

Once you start reading it, you can't stop and it will definitely have a lasting effect on you!!
Erica

This is my favorite book, its so easy to read...You never want to put it down!!
Ashley Szabadi

This was an amazing book!! It was a light, read with lots of laughs and in depth look into two friends development in life and in friendship. I am so happy I bought this book!!!
Becky

Best book a 17 year old could EVER read!!!
Ashley Walsh

This is the best book I have ever read!!!!
Lee-Anne

Judy Blume is an absolutely amazing author! She did it again...summer sisters is glued to you until you finish it
Jac

The Eternal Relationship Between the Beauty and the Brains; Timeless Heroines
Summer Sisters- a contemporary fiction about romance, friendship, youthfulness, and all of life's obligations - revolves around two foil characters; Caitlin and Victoria. Caitlin is the epitome of a beautiful and daring girl, who evolves into a bold and intriguing woman. Blonde-haired, outspoken, passionate, and incapable of separating emotion from reason- she is comparable with the luscious and domineering characters of the classics; Madama Ratignolle from The Awakening and Marianne from Sense and Sensibility. Victoria is a reserved, polite and wise woman who resembles Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Predjudice and Elinor from Sense and Sensibility in character. She is capable of governing her actions through reason and careful planning. Overall, this book exemplifies the eternal differences in women and how, although time changes, the mentalities of heroines remain the same. The classics are still evident in even the most modern of fiction novels. Judy Bloom proves that.

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