INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Adler, C. S.

Not Just a Summer Crush

(2) 4-6 When twelve-year-old Hana Riley runs into friendly Mr. Crane, her "favorite teacher ever," vacationing at the beach, he treats her like an equal--unlike her parents and older siblings, who still think of her as the baby of the family. Adler's bittersweet narrative shrewdly captures the wretchedness of feeling completely misunderstood and of being neither a child nor an adult.

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