Books with title Summer of 69

A secret can change everything. After witnessing her twin brother's death, sixteen-year-old Callie shuts down. Forced to go to her family's summer beach house, she resolves to erase the pain any way she can. Enter the "Perfect's"--the Gold Card group of girls who offer escape in the form of parties, booze and boys. Things change when she meets Ethan. Callie does her best to convince herself she couldn't care less if Ethan looks like he just stepped out of a magazine and is completely adorkable to boot. Despite trying to keep her distance, Callie is drawn to his sweet ways and sexy smile. She falls hard--but her world comes crashing down when she discovers he's been hiding a secret that could change everything. Ethan came to the beach to escape, to live without the label. Because his label... is the kid with Hodgkin's disease. Callie is left with the choice of standing by Ethan's side and watching another person she loves die, or running and abandoning the one person who helped her to believe in love again. Callie's decision ends up putting her own life in danger, and changes the lives of everyone around her, forever.

How long can you keep a secret to protect someone you love? Forever? That's what Angela Garrett promised the man in the dark. Estranged from his daughter, bronc rider Lanny Ray decides he'd better try to mend their relationship before it's too late. It is a dream come true for Angela when they roll out of Jewel, New Mexico, to travel the summer rodeo circuit. In spite of her reluctance to make new friends, Angela finally meets someone whose loyalty becomes a comfort to her. But she also encounters people whose cruelty frightens her. Her idyllic summer is shattered when Angela witnesses an evil, brutal act while waiting in the car for her father. The event catapults her out of childhood and changes her forever. Can family love hold her world together through the worst of times?

This fun and engaging title introduces young readers to the summer season. Beautiful double-page photos combine with easy-to-read sentences to illustrate the origins and characteristics of summer. Includes an overview of all the seasons, fun facts, seasonal activities and a quiz. This title is a great way to interest early learners in science while gaining reading practice and skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

When Canadian teen Delora James finds herself banished to Germany for the summer, reading the professor's old journals seems like a good time-waster. Once Del begins to read the translated diary of Garda―a teenager in World War II, pregnant and desperate―she is engaged by Garda's compelling story. Through a series of rebellions, she begins to draw similarities between her own world and Garda's, and is able to see past her own hostility. Sixteen-year-old Delora has been shipped off to Hamburg, Germany to live with her controlling sister. Her 'behaviour' at home has caused considerable concern so she is under house arrest till she proves she can behave otherwise. Through her sister, she meets an English professor who asks her advice on a book she is working on. Del then encounters 16-year-old Garda, whose journals make up the professor's story. Del is transported back to Nazi Germany in the Fall of 1942, is riveted by Garda's story and draws parallels not only between the places they reside in but in the oppression they both feel. Garda's rape by a member of the Hilter youth, the subsquent pregancy and enstrangement from her family resonate with the reader and with Del. We are presented with the horrors of the Nazi regime through the eyes of an innocent girl. It is a strong dose of life for Del and mirrors so many of her conflicts. As Garda breaks free of her oppression, Del finds strength and acceptance of her world and those who love her. Karen Bass has been interested in World War II since childhood. She began writing shortly after she was hired to manage a local library, and her stories and articles have been published in local newspapers, magazine and anthologies, and nationally in Writers Circle Nine and the Canadian Writer's Journal. Her first novel, Run Like Jäger has received numerous accolades.

Summer of Luck is the story of Luck Copper and his two best friends, Sam and Tommy. Luck is turning 12 years old and his grandpa gives him the gift of adventure for his birthday. The adventure comes in the form of a metal detector named Elvis. The three use it to comb the beaches of Savannah, GA. With the help of Elvis they find a bottle buried in the sand. Inside the bottle are clues to a buried treasure and the adventure begins. Can the friends find the treasure before the summer ends? Also, can they keep it a secret and find the treasure without drawing attention to themselves?