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Surfer Girl

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This book is so good it leaves you longing for an immediate sequel! Surfer Girl targets teen readers, but has enough dimension and depth to be interesting to adults, too! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this for the first time as a mature reader... old enough to be buying the book for my kids! And, I highly recommend this book for young readers. Surfer Girl follows it's lead character, Summer, on her daily journey as she tries to figure out what she is contributing on earth... a deep concept for a teen. But, she has an exciting life travelling, swimming, surfing, meeting new people, and starting her first romance! It's like watching a teen's life over the summertime and getting into their head! Very fun, very real, and very addicting! And, the environmental attention is a nice addition to a teen reader... it brings attention to caring for the earth and animals without any preaching; just a nice addition to get teens thinking! Loved this book! It's bound to be a favorite with teenagers (and a secret fun read for the adults)!

I purchased this book as a gift for my 13 year old niece. I flipped through it to make sure it would be appropriate for her and found it so. I'm hoping she will enjoy it.

penny dyan writes the best books with entertaining escapades wih high values for all involved!!!great for teens and all ages....pure great reading....fantastic

I do know this author, and here is also what I know about this book. This book was the winner of both the 2008 New York Book Festival (best teen book) and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival (best teen book). It is ranked fifth on the top ten list of best books for early teen girls on the Pukeke reading list in Australia, and is also listed on the Girls' Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida. What I now about this author is that if there are mistakes in a book, she asks the readers to tell her where they are and then she fixes the mistakes. I also know the publisher is a traditional publishing house. This is an ecologically based book and discusses many things about life, etc. that kids think about and face, and the book is real, encouraging girls to follow their dreams, and to interact with family members.