Cruel Summer
By: Alyson Noël
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780312355111
Subjects: Interpersonal relations -- Fiction; Popularity -- Fiction; Self-realization -- Fiction; Summer -- Fiction; Diaries -- Fiction; Letters -- Fiction; Greece -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Ditching her best friend to become a member of the popular clique in high school, Colby's priorities change after spending the summer on a Greek island and sharing an intense relationship with a local boy. Told through letters and journal entries.
Table of contents: title: "This was supposed to be my best summer yet, the one I've been working toward since practically forever. Now I'm being banished from everything I know and love, and it just doesn't make any sense."; title: Having recently discarded her dorky image—and the best friend that went with it—Colby Cavendish is looking forward to a long hot season of parties, beach BBQ's, and hopefully, more hook-ups with Levi Bonham, the hottest guy in school. But her world comes crashing down when her parents send her away to spend the summer in Greece with her "crazy" aunt Tally. Stranded on a boring island with no malls, no cell phone reception, and an aunt who talks to her plants, Colby finds herself worrying that her new friends have forgotten all about her. But when she meets Yannis, a cute Greek local, everything changes. She experiences something deeper and more intense than a summer fling, and it forces her to see herself, and the life she left behind, in a whole new way...; title: One summer changes everything in this poignant young adult novel about best friends, popularity, and an unforgettable summer romance.