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The Last Best Days of Summer
Average rating
3.1 out of 5
Based on 69 Ratings and 37 Reviews

Book Description


For twelve-year-old Lucy Crandall, the last week of August is the most perfect time in the world. It's the week she gets to spend with Grams at the lake house, canoeing, baking cookies, and glazing pots in Grams's potting shed. Grams has a way of making Lucy feel centered, like one of the pots on her kick wheel-perfect, steady, and completely at peace. But this summer, Grams doesn't seem... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingHardcover (4 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages208
ISBN-100374346704
ISBN-13978-0374346706
Publication Date04/27/2010
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About Valerie Hobbs (Author) : My career as an author of middle-grade and young-adult novels took off like a great drive down the fairway with the publication of How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn't Called You Back (1996). Sin... more
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5/29/2010 Mary Sandford said: This book seemed ordinary at first and when Eddie, who has Downs, managed to make a 6 hour trip to find Lucy it seemed unrealistic. Then the POV shifts became a bit confusing, but in the end the characters and the story pulled me in until I cried at the unexpected ending.
tags: I recommend

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