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Summer Sisters

By: Judy Blume
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Mark Deakins, Cassandra Campbell, Rebecca Lowman, George Newbern, Xe Sands, MacLeod Andrews, Ari Fliakos, Michael Crouch, Saskia Maarleveld, Dawn Harvey, Brittany Pressley, Everette Plen, Judy Blume
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Publisher's summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

“As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune

In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters”.

Now, years later, Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long complicated friendship has faded. But Caitlin begs Vix to come to her wedding, to be her maid of honor. And Vix knows that she will go—because she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friend—her summer sister—still has the power to break her heart.

With a note read by the author, Judy Blume.

Audiobook Cast of Narrators:

Sophie Amoss as Vix

MacLeod Andrews as Bru

Cassandra Campbell as Abby

Michael Crouch as Daniel

Mark Deakins as Ed

Ari Fliakos as Gus

Dawn Harvey as Regina

Rebecca Lowman as Tawny

Saskia Maarleveld as Phoebe

George Newbern as Lamb

Everette Plen as Sharkey

Kirsten Potter as Dorset

Brittany Pressley as Paisley

Xe Sands as Tricia

Phoebe Strole as Maia

©2009 Judy Blume (P)2021 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“Compulsively readable . . . [Blume’s] powers are prodigious.”The New York Times Book Review

Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

“An exceptionally moving story that can leave the reader laughing and crying . . . sometimes at the same time . . . Blume creates a rich tapestry of characters.”The Denver Post

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Judy Blume's middle grade and young adult novels have helped raise generations of kids, reshaping the literary landscape for young listeners. Since the 1970s, Blume's writing has contributed to destigmatizing taboo topics like puberty, teen sexuality, masturbation, menstruation, bullying, disability, and more. And now, rather than her books being deemed outdated or no longer relevant to today's kids, we're experiencing a "Blume-aissance."