Pub Date: November 2009
Price: $16.95
Jacketed Hard Cover
ISBN: 978-1-934813-12-6
Page Count: 196
Ages 13+
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The Summer I Got a Life
by Mark Fink
Fifteen-year-old Andy Crenshaw’s about to have the summer of his life. He’s an ordinary, awkward kid who doesn’t stand out at his high school. He doesn’t hang with the popular crowd, and he’s not a “semi-delinquent” or geek. Girls don’t seem to notice him unless he’s doing something stupid, and he lives in the shadow of his cool, good-looking, athletic older brother,Brad,a bona fide chick-magnet.The boys don’t exactly get along, and lately, the only thing Andy and Brad have in common is that they can’t wait to get to Hawaii on their summer vacation. But when their family vacation plans change abruptly at the lastminute, the boys are sent packing to rural Wisconsin, where they’ll be stuck with their offbeat, wacky, free-spirited Aunt Karen and Uncle Jim. And it’s even worse than they expected: their farm’s in The-Middle-Of-Nowhere—with no cable TV or Internet. But when Andy notices Laura, his summer starts looking up; when he scores a date with this cute teenage local celebrity pianist, even Brad’s impressed. Laura’s amazing: besides her killer bowling skills and late-night jam sessions with Bones (whose jazz club is above his funeral home), she’s the smartest, coolest, funniest, little-bit-crazy girl Andy’s ever met.Andy and his brother have some hilarious adventures of their own, even practicing with a minor league baseball club Uncle Jim helps manage, and they encounter some near disasters that change how they view each other, moving their brotherhood to a whole different level. With all that happens, this is a summer readers won't soon forget.
Praise for The Summer I Got a Life:
"Andy’s mishaps with custard and cows left me laughing out loud! Mark Fink peels back the curtain on the mind and heart of a teen boy, and despite what Andy believes, he’s a smart, funny guy any girl would love to have as a boyfriend. The Summer I Got a Life is a guy book that girls will love.”
—C. Leigh Purtill, author of Love, Meg
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