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Seventeenth Summer
Seventeenth Summer
Author: Maureen Daly
Angie Morrow and Jack Duluth went out together for the first time in June. Most of their dates that summer of Angie's seventeenth year followed a familiar pattern--Cokes at the drugstore with friends, rides in Jack's beat up car, and movies. ".....As the weeks slip by, however, and as the drowsy golden summer becomes more and more enchanted, J...  more »
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ISBN: 124971
Publication Date: 1/1972
Pages: 291
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Publisher: Pocket Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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there's nothing like the first love
an utterly enchanting book
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Coming of age story of a seventeen year old girl finding love, yearbreak, confusion.
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Then suddenly, and yet it wasn't sudden at all, I remember myself with both hands pressed against the gabardine of his coat so hard that I could feel the roughness of the cloth. My head seemed to be throbbing wildly and still I was thinking very clearly and precisely. Behind him I could see the high stars and the golf course stretched out silver-green in the moonlight and the fire-flies flickering in the grass like bits of neon lighting. I felt a new breathless caution as if I were sitting in a bubble. And then, I, Angie Morrow, who had never done anything like this before, who until last Monday night had never even had a real date, could feel his cheek against mine, as warm and soft as peach fuzz. And I knew if I moved my face just a little, just a very little...
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For teen readers, story itself is definitely outdated, but not a bad book!
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When better time than summer for a little romance? Except for Angie, who doesn't really date. Didn't date, that is_ until she saw Jack Duluth's crew cut peeking out over a booth in Mcnight's drugstore one night. He looked over at me, smiled then sat down again. Thus starts a summer Angie will never forget- one full of spine chills, total bliss, heartache, and confusion... all the feelings the spell love.


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