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ramonamead 's review for:
Twenty Boy Summer
by Sarah Ockler
There were parts of this book that were sweet and meaningful, and the rest of it felt juvenile. Yes, I realize this is a YA novel, but there is a ton out there that don't necessarily feel that way. One thing I enjoy about current YA are the roles of family and other adults in the protagonist's life and that's absent here. Anna suffers so much by not talking about what's going on in her life, which was hard to watch. What I loved about the book was Anna giving herself permission to love again, and finding her own identity seprarte from her best friends. There so much YA out there that's stronger, I can't say I recommend this one.