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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language in the YA contemporary register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Sweet YA romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some teen drinking at the lake
Emotional Intensity
Some
The anticipatory grief of a terminal illness — and the summer's emotional intensity as a result — gives the novel its quiet emotional weight without being devastating
What this book is about
Morgan Matson's YA contemporary novel follows Taylor, whose family returns to their Pennsylvania lake house after years away because her father has terminal cancer and this will be their last summer together. Matson writes with warmth and emotional honesty; the grief is real and the summer romance and reconnecting with old friends give the novel its sweetness. Appropriate for YA readers, with awareness of the terminal illness theme.
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