summer employment

"Living on the shore is all about fun, fun, fun! With my starring role in the boardwalk's biggest blockbuster performance, a life of fame and fortune is finally within reach. Until I accidentally lose my job, embarrass myself in front of a crush, and ruin a friendship, all at the same time. My problems can't always be laughed away--but I sure am going to try. After all, they didn't nickname me Jacky Ha-Ha for nothing!"--Provided by publisher.

Emmie has had a crush on her best friend's brother, Deacon, for years and although he is the town bad boy she is sure he is innocent of a violent assault on his father except for one thing--his own sister believes Deacon is guilty.

"For three summers beginning when he was sixteen, cartoonist Guy Delisle worked at a pulp and paper factory in Quebec City. "Factory Summers" chronicles the daily rhythms of life in the mill, and the twelve hour shifts he spent in a hot, noisy building filled with arcane machinery"--.

After recovering from a soccer injury that ended her Olympic dreams and still grieving the death of her beloved grandmother, seventeen-year-old Hannah Klein must navigate a new summer job working with her ex-best friend, her younger brother, and her brother's suddenly-attractive best friend.

"Living on the shore is all about fun, fun, fun! With my starring role in the boardwalk's biggest blockbuster performance, a life of fame and fortune is finally within reach. Until I accidentally lose my job, embarrass myself in front of a crush, and ruin a friendship, all at the same time. My problems can't always be laughed away--but I sure am going to try. After all, they didn't nickname me Jacky Ha-Ha for nothing!"--Provided by publisher.

"Louna's years working at her mother's wedding planning business--as well as the tragic end of her first love--have shaped her cynical views on romance, but the arrival of serial-dater Ambrose may start to change Louna's mind and give her a second chance at love"--Provided by publisher.

Jessie, twelve, copes with what promised to be a long, boring summer with relatives by becoming apprentice to Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, who is facing new competition.

"Seventeen-year-old Amelia has looked forward to her last summer before college working at the Meade Creamery, but when the owner of the local landmark passes away her nephew has big changes in mind"--Provided by publisher.

"Friends Smiles and Nike spend the summer of 1983 in the South Bronx working a job at a summer camp, chasing girls, and breakdancing"--Provided by publisher.

"A lovesick teenager schemes to win the heart of her crush at her amusement park summer job, all while dressed as a hot dog"--Provided by publisher.