Second chance summer

English language

Published May 31, 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers.

ISBN:: 978-1-4169-9067-3

(2 reviews)

"Taylor Edwards' family might not be the closest-knit--everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled--but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor's dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains. Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven't actually gone anywhere. Her former best friend is still around, as is her first boyfriend...and he's much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve. As the summer progresses and the Edwards become more of a family, they're more aware than ever that they're battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time to get a second chance--with family, …

"Taylor Edwards' family might not be the closest-knit--everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled--but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor's dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains. Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven't actually gone anywhere. Her former best friend is still around, as is her first boyfriend...and he's much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve. As the summer progresses and the Edwards become more of a family, they're more aware than ever that they're battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time to get a second chance--with family, with friends, and with love"--

3 editions

anka.trini reviewed Second chance summer by Morgan Matson

Review of 'Second chance summer' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This was perfection!
"Second Chance Summer" is really heartfelt and makes me want to sing with joy and weep like a baby at the same time. I loved how you feel everything Taylor experiences as if those things were happening to you.

A bonus for me was when she and her father were listening to Jackson Browne talking about how he loves that music because my dad does so too and music has always been something we share.

From what I remember, I think that this book somehow resembles "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks. So I think if you liked either of those, you should definitely read the other one as well.

Axl

rated it

Jan. 11, 2015

Subjects

Love
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
Family life
Fiction
Interpersonal relations
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents
Terminally ill

Places

Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains (Pa.)