Someone Else's Summer

Anna's always idolized her older sister, Storm. So when Storm dies in a tragic car accident on the night of her high school graduation, Anna is completely lost and her family is torn apart. That is, until she finds Storm's summer bucket list and decides to honor her sister by having the best summer ever—which includes taking an epic road trip to the coast from her sleepy Iowa town. Setting out to do everything on Storm's list along with her sisters best friend Cameron—the boy next door—who knew that Storm's dream summer would eventually lead to Anna's own self-discovery?

Anna finds herself struggling to return to her life after the death of her sister. Her friends are trying to help, but just don't understand and she finds herself pulling away from them. Her neighbor and sister's best friend Cameron is experiencing the same. When she finds a list that her sister wrote entitled "The Perfect Summer" she is sure this is a gift and is determined to fulfill the list for her sister. Cameron agrees to do the list with her. Thankfully she shares her desire with her father, and he agrees to figure out a way to help. What she accomplishes is more than she expected. This is a great coming of age summer read that has likeable characters. Their feelings and struggles are relateable, understandable and it's hard not to hope their success will help.

Rachel has some fun stuff up on SomeoneElsesSummer.com, including a summer bucket list generator.


Thanks to Valerie and Running Press An Imprint of Perseus Books | A Division of Hachette Book Group for this review copy