Summer's Promise (Lifeguards) - Softcover

Strasser, Todd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590469665 ISBN 13: 9780590469661

Publisher: Point, 1993

Synopsis

Jess has a crush on Reed, a lifeguard at Far Hampton Beach, and when his snobby ex-girlfriend tries to win him back, Jess is determined to stop her

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Strasser's ( Friends Till the End ) Lifeguards series gets off to a slick start with this story of several teenage lifeguards in the summer resort town of Far Hampton. Sharing lifeguard duty are Jess Sloat (she has "straight, sun-bleached blond hair" and "long, tanned, bare legs") and Reed Peterson ("handsome, chiseled looks, a high forehead, and a slim straight nose"). With such impeccable physical credentials, their instant attraction to each other could only be inevitable, but they are from very different worlds: she is a "townie" whose father is chief of police; he is a wealthy preppy from the city who summers at the family mansion on the beach. It sounds like a contrived setting for a hackneyed plot, but Strasser is a creative story teller and adds enough intrigue (much of it masterminded by Reed's incredibly but deliciously wicked, rich girlfriend) to move this novel along swimmingly. Readers may feel cheated when the ending leaves a number of loose ends dangling, but a sequel, Summer's End , will follow in another month. A series well suited for beach-blanket reading. Ages 12-up.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Point
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590469665
• ISBN 13: 9780590469661
• Binding: Paperback