Summer's Story

Fifteen-year-old Summer has big plans. She wants to be a writer, and she wants to start an all-girl rock band. And then she falls in love and a whole new world opens up for her. Life would be perfect if it weren't for her family: her New Age mum has old-fashioned ides, and her gran, aged and increasingly confused, is an embarrassment.

This is the story of the year Summer turns fifteen: a year in which she learns that life is exhilarating, funny, painful and unpredictable. But Summer is a survivor, and her story is ultimately a positive and life-affirming one.

A perceptive and often funny story that shows brilliantly what it's like to be a fifteen-year-old rebel: not quite a child, and not quite a grown-up either. Summer's character, as well as the characters of her family and friends, rings absolutely true. 'Summer's Story' highlights many issues of family and relationships, including the difficulty, in an extended family, of coping with a loved elderly relative who has dementia.

Author: Wendy Graham

Publisher: Scholastic

Released Date: 2004

ISBN: 9781862915510