Book Review- Twenty Boy Summer

Sarah Ockler's Twenty Boy Summer brings out all of the emotions inside. It makes you laugh, cry, and it even made me angry at times but I have to admit, I absolutely could not put this book down once I started reading it.

If I had to choose only one word to describe the theme to this book, it would have to be confusion. Not that the book itself is confusing, just that the situations all of the characters are put into are very hard to make any decisions about. A life lesson this theme gave me was that life is hard. It does not matter who you are, how much money you have, or how famous you are. Everyone will always be faced with day- to- day situations where you have to make tough decisions. Some are harder than others and some will affect your life as you know it. You just have to do what you think is the right thing, have faith, and hope for the best.

This book is about three best friends, Anna, Frankie, and Matt. Anna and Matt are in love. Frankie and Matt are brother and sister. Their all three basically joined at the hip until Matt was killed in a horrific car accident. While he was alive, he made Anna promise not to tell her best friend Frankie about them so that he could tell his little sister on their yearly family vacation. But he was not given enough time before the car accident happened. So Anna is left with many, many life alternating decisions to make. Should she brake her promise to Matt and tell Frankie? Or should she keep and major secret from her best friend as their both going threw this ruff time together? What does she do?

A year after the accident, vacation time came around and Frankie's parents invited Anna to go along. Frankie likes the idea but wants to make a game out of it. Since she is still grieving, Anna agrees. They have to talk to at least twenty boys before the vacation time is up.

Read this book set in Zanzibar Bay where Anna will attempt to go along with a little game that Frankie plays. See if Anna is strong enough to keep her secret about Matt from Frankie and a secret about a newly developed crush from Matt.