The Goodbye Summer

Age range 14 to 18 Sarah Dessen meets Morgan Matson in the perfect summer debut about saying goodbye ? or finding a reason to stay. Caroline can?t wait for summer to end so she and her boyfriend, Jake, can run away together. She decides to spend her last summer at home saving money working at the local aquarium gift shop ? while spending the rest of her time hanging with Jake. Then she meets Georgia, a counselor at the summer aquarium camp, and suddenly summer feels a lot less lonely. The stronger Georgia and Caroline?s bond grows, the more uneasy Caroline becomes about her plans to leave with Jake. When summer comes to a close, she will have to say goodbye to someone…but who is she willing to lose?