This year, we’re so excited to be traveling with you all summer long as we challenge you to read some phenomenal books. Escape to the Northeast during week two of the Summer Reading Challenge in The Grown Ups by Robin Antalek!
Destination: Escape to the Northeast
Week of May 11: The Grown Ups by Robin Antalek
For a few secret months, 15-year-old Sam enjoys the unexpected attention of Suzie. However, at the end of the summer, Sam’s world unexpectedly shatters when Suzie moves away. Watching her parents’ marital troubles escalate, Suzie takes on the responsibility of raising her two younger brothers and plans an early escape to college. Suzie misses Sam and her closest friend, Bella. It is not until years later that a chance meeting with Sam’s older brother reunites the trio, causing Suzie to confront her past, as well as her friends.
Robin Antalek is the author of The Summer We Fell Apart. Her nonfiction writing has been published in literary journals and in several collections, including The Beautiful Anthology; Writing off Script: Writers on the Influence of Cinema; and The Weeklings: Revolution #1 Selected Essays 2012-1013. Her short fiction has appeared in 52 Stories, Five Chapters, Sun Dog, The Southeast Review, and Literary Mama among others. She lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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http://www.anurseandabook.com/2015/05/the-grown-ups-by-robin-antalek.html
I loved The Grown Ups! Loved the alternating voices and that it didn’t stoop to predictable plotlines.
Here’s the link to my review:
http://memesandfiction.blogspot.com/2015/06/booksparks-summer-reading-challenge_9.html