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Author
Language
English
Description
Is it really better to have loved and lost? Louna's summer job is to help brides plan their perfect day, even though she stopped believing in happily-ever-after when her first love ended tragically. But charming girl-magnet Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged now that he's met the one he really wants. Maybe Louna's second chance is standing right in front of her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer working as an errand girl for the Rule family in the Hamptons, seventeen-year-old Rory befriends the family's teenaged daughter and develops feelings for their older son, but she finds that societal rules can be hard to break.
3) Stay sweet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Amelia has looked forward to her last summer before college working at the Meade Creamery, but when the owner of the local landmark passes away her nephew has big changes in mind.
5) Acceleration
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
7) Mermaid Park
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
248 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Amy escapes family difficulties by immersing herself in her job at a mermaid-themed water show.
8) Lawn boy
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
9) Hot dog girl
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A lovesick teenager schemes to win the heart of her crush at her amusement park summer job, all while dressed as a hot dog.
Elouise (Lou) Parker just landed a job at Magic Castle Playland-- as a giant dancing hot dog. Her crush, the dreamy Diving Pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the Princess of the park. Her best friend Seeley, the carousel operator, isn't interested in Lou's attempts to set her up with the perfect girl, or...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Jessie, twelve, copes with what promised to be a long, boring summer with relatives by becoming apprentice to Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, who is facing new competition.--
12) Nantucket red
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before starting college, Cricket Thompson returns to Nantucket for a summer filled with hard choices and infinite possibility"--
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
282 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their fathers insist that they get summer jobs, three fifteen-year-old friends in Tacoma, Washington, dedicate their summer vacation to fooling their parents into thinking that they are working, which proves to be even harder than having real jobs would have been.
14) Dream factory
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
250 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alternating chapters present the view points of two teenagers who find summer employment as costumed cartoon characters at Disney World and try to resist falling in love.
15) Past perfect
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Chelsea knows what to expect when she returns for a summer of historical reenactment at Colonial Essex Village until she learns that her ex-boyfriend is working there, too, and then meets the very attractive Dan who works at a rival historical village.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly...
Author
Publisher
Outskirts Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1968, two young women, Amp and Chloe, secure summer jobs at the Chanticleer restaurant on Nantucket Island. They are drawn deep into a whirlwind of friendship, romance, gritty fun and poignant sadness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While his friends Bobby, Joe, and Addie are spending the summer on exciting adventures, thirteen-year-old Skeezie Tookis must get a job and help around the house, and things only get worse when his long-lost father appears.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her"--
20) The summer nanny
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Every June, the quiet beach town of Ogunquit is overtaken by wealthy families who hire local young women like Amy Latimer and Hayley Franklin to care for their children. Best friends since childhood, Amy and Hayley are eager to secure lucrative summer jobs. Amy wants to finance her upcoming move to Boston. Hayley hopes to squirrel away enough money so that her mom can finally leave her abusive husband.... But the passing weeks bring complications...
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