Victoria Leonard (Vix) is a self-conscious young girl who has an incredible opportunity to spend the summer with Caitlin Somers, a very popular, beautiful girl at Martha's Vineyard with Caitlin's dad. This book describes feelings, emotions and experiences that they went through, together and apart.

As Vix and Caitlin grow up, many significant events take place that contribute to who they will become. Some events are tragic, others exhilarating, yet through it all, Vix and Caitlin always remain "summer sisters".

She couldn't sit still. She'd never wanted anything so badly

in her life. And she was determined. One way or another she

was going away with Caitlin Somers. She dreamed about touching her hair, her sun-kissed skin. (10-11)

This passage is significant because it sets the scene for the entire book. It unites two acquaintances into becoming best friends. Caitlin and Vix not only spend this summer together, but the summers following for th

sex, for defying her mother. She tried to push those thoughts away...

This one paragraph summarizes so many significant events that happened in the girls' lives. Including Vix's bother, Nathan, dying at a very young age. This passage also makes the reader aware of Vix and Bru's relationship, which was a long and intimate one. Vix has met Bru one summer at the Vineyard and they continued a relationship for many years, even through most of Vix's college life at Harvard. This passage also announces the fact that Vix and Caitlin, like many typical relationships, doubt each others faith and friendship, but is reconfirmed when Vix needed a friend. Their relationship resembles real life relationships so much, that sometimes you actually feel like you know these characters.

Only weeks ago Vix had been convinced her friendship with Caitlin

Lambs house on the Vineyard.'... 'Yes. And you have to be my

princess voice, the one she'd picked up in Europe, halfway

her hand at the funeral, even staying behind at the house to clean up

e next six years. As the book continues and the girls get older, many instances remind them of how important they are to each other and how none of their fri

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Approximate Word count = 804
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)