Welcome to Dog Beach (The Seagate Summers #1) - Hardcover

Greenwald, Lisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1419710184 ISBN 13: 9781419710186

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2014

Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Remy loves Seagate, the island where her grandmother had a house and where her family spends every summer vacation. But this year’s different. Remy misses her dog, Danish, who recently passed away. The usual Seagate traditions don’t feel the same—and neither does her relationship with her two best friends, Micayla and Bennett. Micayla’s family is moving to Seagate year-round, and she’s spending more time with the year-round kids. Bennett’s doing “boy stuff” with new kid Calvin and his snobby sister Claire. Remy takes comfort in the company of Dog Beach—which is where she hatches her plan to bring her friends closer and recapture the Seagate magic. This start of a new series is filled with summer treats, activities, and the spirit of friendship and invention that are Greenwald’s trademarks.

Praise for Welcome to Dog Beach
"Remy’s quiet tale of change and growth marks a promising start to a new series."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Greenwald (My Summer of Pink & Green) gives Remy a candid and relatable voice in this first book in the Seagate Summers series."
--Publishers Weekly

"Dog devotees and aspiring entrepreneurs will find a friend and mentor in Remy, who adroitly combines her puppy love with a knack for business. She’ll also make a good companion for those self-serious tween readers looking for a little sympathy on the perplexing and often unpleasant road to adolescence."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

 

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Greenwald is the author of Reel Life Starring Us, Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes, and the Pink & Green series. She works in the library at the Birch Wathen Lenox School in Manhattan. She is a graduate of the New School’s MFA program in writing for children and lives in Brooklyn. Visit her online at lisagreenwald.com.

From Booklist

For 11-year-old Remy, Seagate Island, where her family vacations every year, is perfect because “summer after summer, it always stays the same.” But this summer is different. Her beloved dog, Danish, has died, and Remy misses him terribly. Her best friends Micayla and Bennett are branching out from their trio: Micayla is spending more time with Avery, who lives on the island year round, and Bennett is doing dumb “boy” things with new pal Calvin. Plus, jokes from adults about Bennett being her boyfriend are starting to feel strange instead of stupid. Remy’s love for dogs puts her in the ideal position for a summer job dog-sitting the island’s canine residents, but she worries this, too, will take her farther away from her friends. Greenwald’s gentle read is tailor-made for those on the cusp of friendship misunderstandings, burgeoning popularity awareness, awkward crushes, and the wobbly feeling that can come from deviating from comfortable routine. All of Remy’s worries are soothed eventually, and happiness is well earned. This sweet series opener promises an agreeable journey. Grades 4-8. --Krista Hutley

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1419710184
• ISBN 13: 9781419710186
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272