The Last Best Days of Summer
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For twelve-year-old Lucy Crandall, the last week of August is the most perfect time in the world. It's the week she gets to spend with Grams at the lake house, canoeing, baking cookies, and glazing pots in Grams's potting shed. Grams has a way of making Lucy feel centered, like one of the pots on her kick wheel—perfect, steady, and completely at peace. But this summer, Grams doesn't seem to be exactly the person she once was. And as the week turns into a roller coaster of surprises—some good, some awful—Lucy can't help but wonder: Will things ever be centered again?
Valerie Hobbs
Valerie Hobbs is the author of Sheep, Defiance, and several other middle grade and young adult novels. She is known for her finely tuned realism and memorable characters. She lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The best part of the summer is the week Lucy spends with her Gram in her cabin on the lake. She can leave behind her "job" of caring for Eddie who has Down Syndrome, and anticipate beginning middle school. Lucy loves her Gram, and she never wants her to change. She cherishes the magical time they spend together. How do Gram, who is getting older, Megan, her best friend, and her Top 12 Ways to be Popular and Eddie, who is a job, not a friend, fit into Lucy's life?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book is well written and poignant. I think the story is interesting and moves the story along. I like it because while it draws the reader in, it teaches important lessons about treating others with respect, figuring out how to be responsible, growing up, and realizing what is important in life and what isn't. It's a terrific moment when Lucy realizes that not hurting Eddie's feelings is much more important than being popular.I think girls in middle school will relate to this book and enjoy reading it. I think it's something they can relate to and I hope they'll learn a lesson from it.