The Summer I Wasn't Me
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Lexi has a secret.
She never meant for her mom to find out. And now she's afraid that what's left of her family is going to fall apart for good.
Lexi knows she can fix everything. She can change. She can learn to like boys. New Horizons summer camp has promised to transform her life, and there's nothing she wants more than to start over.
But sometimes love has its own path...
"A powerful indictment of reparative therapy���a sweet love story���and an unforgettable main character!"���Nancy Garden, author of Annie on My Mind
"Unflinching honesty and unfaltering compassion...A gem of a novel."���RT Book Reviews, 4 �� stars, Top Pick of the Month on My Life After Now
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Jessica Verdi. (2014). The Summer I Wasn't Me. Sourcebooks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jessica Verdi. 2014. The Summer I Wasn't Me. Sourcebooks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jessica Verdi, The Summer I Wasn't Me. Sourcebooks, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jessica Verdi. The Summer I Wasn't Me. Sourcebooks, 2014.
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Jessica Verdi lives in Brooklyn, NY, and received her MFA in Writing for Children from The New School. She loves seltzer, Tabasco sauce, TV, vegetarian soup, flip-flops, and her dog. Visit her at www.jessicaverdi.com and follow her on Twitter @jessverdi.
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Lexi has a secret.
She never meant for her mom to find out. And now she's afraid that what's left of her family is going to fall apart for good.
Lexi knows she can fix everything. She can change. She can learn to like boys. New Horizons summer camp has promised to transform her life, and there's nothing she wants more than to start over.
But sometimes love has its own path...
"A powerful indictment of reparative therapy���a sweet love story���and an unforgettable main character!"���Nancy Garden, author of Annie on My Mind
"Unflinching honesty and unfaltering compassion...A gem of a novel."���RT Book Reviews, 4 �� stars, Top Pick of the Month on My Life After Now
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April 1, 2014
Gr 9 Up-Lexi Hamilton feels her homosexuality is too much of a burden on her recently widowed mother, so she agrees to go away for the summer. At Camp Horizon, a Christian "un-gaying" institution on the East Coast, each teen reveals his or her past trauma in group therapy sessions led by the evil Jeremiah Martin. What keeps campers cooperating is that, like Lexi, the reality they've gotten away from seems much worse. Only Matthew, in love with Justin at home, remains aloof, until Mr. Martin selects him for his personal brand of mistreatment, and a rebellion ensues. Kids' doubts and misgivings about both identity and religious beliefs get a good airing here, and two books familiar to high school readers-The Great Gatsby and the "Harry Potter" series-provide an interesting backdrop for these discussions. The trouble with The Summer I Wasn't Me is that since Lexi is likable from the start, we know she isn't going to change; good for her, but tough on readers, who must endure a contrived and drawn-out ending that attempts to convert this too-long novel into a page-turner.-Georgia Christgau, Middle College High School, Long Island City, NY
Copyright 2014 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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She never meant for her mom to find out. And now she's afraid that what's left of her family is going to fall apart for good.
Lexi knows she can fix everything. She can change. She can learn to like boys. New Horizons summer camp has promised to transform her life, and there's nothing she wants more than to start over.
But sometimes love has its own path...
"A powerful indictment of reparative therapy���a sweet love story���and an unforgettable main character!"���Nancy Garden, author of Annie on My Mind
"Unflinching honesty and unfaltering compassion...A gem of a novel."���RT Book Reviews, 4 �� stars, Top Pick of the Month on My Life After Now
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