The Summer of Broken Things

The Summer of Broken Things

2018 • 393 pages

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Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is known as “butt-girl” at school. The two girls were friends as little kids, but that’s ancient history now. So it’s a huge surprise when Avery’s father offers to bring Kayla along on a summer trip to Spain. Avery is horrified that her father thinks he can choose her friends—and make her miss soccer camp. Kayla struggles just to imagine leaving the confines of her small town.

But in Spain, the two uncover a secret their families had hidden from both of them their entire lives. Maybe the girls can put aside their differences and work through it together. Or maybe the lies and betrayal will only push them—and their families—farther apart.


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Full review will come later, because I have THOUGHTS.

For now: European Spanish tripped me up until, late in the book, a “vuestras” finally reminded me why some of the usage was unfamiliar to me.

Also, the afterword states that this is MPH's favorite book cover of hers, and I definitely agree

January 7, 2024