Summer Girls

Ages 12 And Up, Grades 7 And Up

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a YA sapphic romance about two girls from different sides of the tracks.

Cass has a rule about dating summer girls—just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with summer girls, the obnoxious daughters of the rich, who stay in their families' summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass.

Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend's very expensive car.

Birdie’s punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach—but it won’t be a vacation. He’s enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job as a parking lot attendant at the public beach where Cass lifeguards.

At first the girls despise each other. But as the summer heats up, Birdie surprises Cass in more ways than one, and both girls can’t help but wonder: Are some rules are made to be broken?

Story Locale:Newport, Rhode Island

About the Author

Jennifer Dugan is the author of the graphic novels Coven and Full Shift, as well as the young adult novels Playing For Keeps, The Last Girls Standing, Melt With You, Some Girls Do, Verona Comics, and Hot Dog Girl, which was called “a great, fizzy rom-com” by Entertainment Weekly and “one of the best reads of the year, hands down” by Paste magazine. Visit Jennifer at JLDugan.com or follow her online @JL_Dugan.

Author Residence: Upstate New York