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My Almost Epic Summer
My Almost Epic Summer
Author: Adele Griffin
Irene’s got big dreams—someday she’ll own a sun-kissed salon in L.A. where her specialty will be recreating the hairstyles of famous literary heroines. And it’s a good thing she has dreams, since reality is harsh. She’s just been fired from her mom’s beauty salon for her tear-jerking shampooing technique, and is for...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780399237843
ISBN-10: 0399237844
Publication Date: 4/20/2006
Pages: 192
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
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2.5 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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GeniusJen avatar reviewed My Almost Epic Summer on + 5322 more book reviews
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Irene has a dream--to one day open a beauty salon specializing in the hairstyles of famous book heroines. You know, Great Women in Literature, like Franny Glass, Shug Avery, Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God. The only problem is, she's just been fired from her own mother's hair salon. Fired. By her own mother. Clearly, this hairstyling business is going to need a bit of work.

But her mother and Judith Prior, owner of a secondhand shop a few doors down from her mom's shop, approach her with a proposition for a summer job-- Judith will pay Irene to babysit her two children, Lainie and Evan, for the summer. Suddenly Irene's plans of drawing more hairstyles in her Heroine Heads notebook, of sunning herself on the beach, are thrown out the window in return for watching two kids.

She's relegated herself to a boring summer when she meets Starla, a new lifeguard at Larkin's Pond, and suddenly Irene's days are looking up. Starla is everything that Irene is not--beautiful, outspoken, brazen, and obsessed with boys. As Starla appears to take Irene under her wings, other things begin to fall by the wayside--like Irene's responsibility towards Lainie and Evan, her good sense, and her easygoing nature.

MY ALMOST EPIC SUMMER is a quick, entertaining read that will have you both laughing and cringing at the situations Irene finds herself in. Although not as emotionally involved as most of Ms. Griffin's previous releases, this is a great book for summer reading!
bubblebee avatar reviewed My Almost Epic Summer on + 49 more book reviews
The perfect summmer read for any teen!


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