Summer Sisters

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Summary: Now come on!
Review: Any woman who can't relate to the relationship of these two girls is hiding something. Everyone had a friend like Vix and you didn't tell your mother about her either did you?

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Summary: Was she at summer camp with me and I didn't know?
Review: Wow! I never thought other girls had friendships like the one I have with my 'summer sister'. We met when we were 6 years old campers at sleep-away camp and have since experienced every aspect of growing up together! We played the games Vix and Caitlin played, from the power (which had our own name for) to hours of jacks tournaments and frisbee by the lake. We shared our first kisses, shaving our legs for the first time together, and called each other when our heart was broken the first time in college. We have both grown up, and are working so we obviously have no time for camp anymore but we have kept our friendship as real and true over the past 18 years as best as we can, being in different states. Like the story, my friend has had her share of a lot of hard times and adversity, but she has come through and I have been there every step of the way! I am proud and honored to be one of the people that is taking part in her walking down the aisle next summer! Real LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, TRUST, and DEVOTION DO exist- I can vouch for that! Thank you Judy Blume for telling my story to others, I never could have put it into words like that!!!

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Summary: Engrossing reading - not for pre and young teens.
Review: I loved how Judy Bloom developed her characters. The approach really gave you insite into the "lives" and "thought patterns" of the characters. It was a different and re-freshing style. My 14 year old is anxious to read it, but I am discouraging her because I don't think she is ready for the level of detail of into the intimate relationships (not just the sex, but the whole concept of a growing, developing young adult romance)

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Summary: Much better than the summer's hit - "Bridget Jones Diary"
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Judy Blume had all her facts right about New Mexico and I'm sure Martha's Vineyard. I enjoyed reading about both places and mostly enjoyed the story of the two girls Caitlin and Vix. Even though I am 45, I could relate to my younger days as a teenager similar to the story. I could not put this book down.

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Summary: not very good
Review: This book dissapointed me alot. I read many great reveiws of it, and the book was really dissapointing. It didn't have any depth to it, and I thought it should have been much more 'real.' All the sex was very dissapointing, I felt like that was what the book was about, instead of a story of friendship.

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Summary: A Fun Read
Review: I could not put this book down!!! I read it in 24 hours. It's a great "adult" story written in the voice of my pre-teen years. I'm 29 now and want to re-read all her younger books. I'm also eager to read her other adult books

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Summary: Reading Summer Sisters is like coming home to an old friend.
Review: Like many others, I grew up reading Judy Blume's books. While looking for books to take to the beach, I found Summer Sisters and purchased it. I started to read it just to get a taste of it and found that I couldn't put it down. Reading this book was like coming home to an old friend. While I never had a friend as close as Caitlin and Vix were, I did have several close friends who I wondered about as I read the book. I could see so much of myself in Vix, it gave me hope for my own future. This book is Judy Blume at her best -- no one understands the angst of growing up and coming of age like her!!

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Summary: Simplistic - Like watching and episode of Melrose Place
Review: Maybe my expectations were too high, but the story of the Summer Sisters was one dimensional and disappointing. This book is a quick read and kept my interest most of the time, but the lack of character development and real emotion caused the book to fall short. Also, the detailed description of each sexual encounter reminded me that it would have easier to watch an episode of "Melrose Place" than to read this 400 page melodrama. Too bad - I'd hoped for better.

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Summary: This book was one step above pre-teen! Waste of my money
Review: This book was a fairy tale for one, and I never want to grow up for another...... The most real feeling in this book was when Nathan died, and his character which probably took 7 pages. I kept waiting for more depth, then I realized most times Ms. Blume's world is "teen" oriented. I would say go back "home" where your more comfortable.

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Summary: A Real Look into the Complicated lives of Girls.
Review: I'm 13 years old, and I couldn't put the book down. Most adults would think girls like it because of the sexual encounters of Vix and Caitlin, but I loved it so much because it really dives deep into the complicated friendship of two preteen, confused girls. Both characters seem strong and sure of what they want, but if you really think about it, they are just lostin the world of love, hate and sex. I think this is a really thought provoking book, which I highly reccomend.