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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Teen romantic relationship; some physical intimacy; tastefully handled
Substance Use
Barely any
Teen social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of perfectionism and what was sacrificed for it; gently resolved
What this book is about
Auden is the daughter of two academics who never let her be a normal teenager—she studied, she achieved, she missed everything else. A summer with her father and his new wife at the beach brings Eli, a boy who is also awake all night for reasons of his own. Together they make their way through a list of experiences Auden never had: learning to ride a bike, eating at a diner at 3 AM, mini-golf. Dessen's summer novel is warm, character-driven, and quietly wise about the things we miss by being too serious too young.
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