The Bookheads will meet on Friday, March 22nd at 5:30 p.m. to discuss That Summer by Sarah Dessen over snacks and refreshments.
At five-foot-eleven (“and counting”), Haven is “all bony elbows and acute angles, like a jigsaw puzzle piece that can only go in the middle, waiting for the others to fit around it to make it whole.” But it is not just a sudden growth spurt that prevents the 15-year-old from fitting into the comfortable grooves of her “old” life; her family is also changing at an alarming rate. Her sports anchor father divorces his wife for Channel 5’s “Weather Pet.” Her jilted mother joins a set of aging, Barry Manilow listening, swinging singles and Haven’s once plucky sister, Ashley, seems to wilt on the arm of her all-too-boring fiancé. Amidst the flurry of preparations for her father’s second marriage and her sister’s wedding, Haven finds a connecting link to her more serene past when one of Ashley’s former boyfriends appears on the scene.
Anyone interested in joining this young adult book club or would like more information, please contact Jessica at 985-631-2262.