Sun-Kissed Christmas (Summer) [Paperback]

Katherine Applegate (Author)

Book Description

Series: Summer | Publication Date: October 5, 2010

All she wants for Christmas…

Summer is headed to the Keys for winter break, but what should be a fun-in-the-sun holiday is becoming unbearable. Summer hasn’t been able to stop thinking about her ex-boyfriend, Austin, since their summer romance fizzled, and she can’t stand seeing him at the beach with his new girlfriend….

Now Austin is everywhere she goes. She’s reminded of how much fun they had, how gorgeous he is, and what she really wants is what she can’t have. Will it take a Christmas miracle for Summer to survive this holiday season? Or will the mistletoe work its magic?

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About the Author

After Katherine Applegate graduated from college, she spent time waiting tables, typing (badly), watering plants, wandering randomly from one place to the next with her boyfriend, and just generally wasting her time. When she grew sufficiently tired of performing brain-dead minimum-wage work, she decided it was time to become a famous writer. Anyway, a writer. Writing proved to be an ideal career choice, as it involved neither physical exertion nor uncomfortable clothing, and required no social skills.

Ms. Applegate has written more than one hundred books under her own name and a variety of pseudonyms. She has no children, is active in no organizations, and has never been invited to address a joint session of Congress. She does, however, have an evil, foot-biting cat named Dick, and she still enjoys wandering randomly from one place to the next with her boyfriend.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse; Reprint edition (October 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416993975
• ISBN-13: 978-1416993971
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Holidays & Festivals > Christmas

More About the Author

Katherine Applegate's many books include the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter book series, the picture book The Buffalo Storm, and the award-winning novel Home of the Brave. With her husband, Michael Grant, she wrote the hugely popular series Animorphs, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Katherine was inspired to write The One and Only Ivan after reading about the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla. The real Ivan lived alone in a tiny cage for twenty-seven years at a shopping mall before being moved to Zoo Atlanta after a public outcry. He is now a beloved celebrity at the zoo, which houses the nation's largest collection of western lowland gorillas. Ivan is well known for his paintings, which he "signs" with a thumb-print.

Katherine lives in California with her husband and two children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Summer and Austin, August 15, 2001

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Joni (St. Phillip's, Newfoundland, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Christmas Special Edition (Summer Series) (Paperback)

I've read the whole series, and I loved it. "Beaches, Boys, and Betrayal" is my favorite, but this book is an excellent conclusion. Austin and Summer make the best couple!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, December 1, 2010

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Nicholay - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sun-Kissed Christmas (Summer) (Paperback)

I read this whole entire series and I thought it ended with Tan Lines, until I was searching through amazon and found this one. I was so excited to read it, and I read it in just 3 days. I found a lot of errors in the writing though, sometimes I didn;t even know what was going on. But I figured it out, just took a little longer. If you read the rest of the series this is an awesome book, and lot of things happen. If you havn't read the rest of the series i would definetly recommend it. Such a good series, but i wouldn't recommend reading this as the first book because if will be very confusing. I really wish they would make this a movie, I would love to see who would play Austin and Seth. :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Got to love Beach Blondes, December 26, 2010

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KMSoedden - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sun-Kissed Christmas (Summer) (Kindle Edition)

Alright I started reading this series over the summer when I found Beach Blonde at the library in my town. All of the books have been fantastic and they don't dissapoint though I actually didn't like this one as much as the others. The plot with Sarah was done before and you pretty much knew where it was going. Though it's good that Summer FINALLY picked a guy it just shouldn't have waited until the last page. Maybe there will be another one coming out, who knows? If you like the series you should read the book but in my opinion it wasn't as good as the others.