This book is about to girls that are best friends. Julia lives with her step sister Louisa that has a daughter that is Julia's age. Julia's mom is in the army so she lives with Eliza for the summers. During the summer they go to Mohawk the hotel Eliza's dad works at. The two twelve year old girls love playing pretend and acting like it's the old times. But that all stops when Julia meets her first crush. If you want to know more read the book! The inevitability of putting away childhood fantasies is poignantly told through 12-year-old Julia as she shares one coming-of-age summer. When her mother is deployed to Iraq, Julie resides for a summer with her same-age niece Eliza with whom she has shared her childhood. Julie fears for her mother’s safety are as real and immediate as her sudden interest in boys as she straddles the fragile line between childhood (pioneer-girl) fantasies and her new grown up feelings. This book could have more readily been set a few decades earlier if not for the importance of Iraq deployment story line. Julie's mind, emotions, and attitudes sometimes wander, sometimes jettison toward and away from the growing pains of coming-of-age adulthood.
I had to do a book project on this book and I didn't even finish the book because I just didn't like it. I basically had to force myself to read it. It sounded interesting, but it wasn't.
—Allison
Honestly, it was uninteresting and boring. I loved the book trailer but the book I self was vague.
—yodipug
This is a good story about friendship.
—Angie
This book touched my heart
—amanda
Looked interesting
—Emma_DarkWings
Loved it!
—NiNi
