Eleven-year-old Eileen always looks forward to August when her extended family gathers at the summerhouse for a month at the beach, but this year she is a bit reluctant to leave behind her first crush, and when she arrives she finds reality is not quite as good as her memories. Presented in simple free verse.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: summer, juvenile fiction, beaches, family, novels in verse, fiction