Summer State of Mind is Jen Calonita’s second book to take
place at Whispering Pines summer camp, but it works great as a standalone
because the characters of the first book, Sleepaway Girls, have become minor
characters as they are now the counselors and there’s a new group of
campers. This time around the focus is
on Harper McAllister, a rich girl who gets deemed “Camping Barbie,” due to her
numerous hair products and extensive designer wardrobe. Harper gets sent to camp as punishment after
racking up a huge credit card bill. She
had big plans to spend the summer with her snobby friends, but now she’s forced
to spend a month without her phone. Her
twin brother and a boy from school are there too, but it’s her newfound friend
Lina who makes camp tolerable when all the other girls in their cabin make fun
of her.
Summer State of Mind was a super-fun read. The camp really comes alive through Calonita’s
great descriptions of the lake, cabins, and activities. The characters were painted well too; I could
really picture Harper, Lina, Ethan, and Kyle plus some of the minor
characters. The slow changes that Harper
experiences through the novel were developed nicely with her making some missteps
along the way rather than being immediately embraced.
About the audiobook:
Eileen Stevens sounded exactly like I thought Harper McAllister
should! Stevens read with the mixture of
excitement and dread that seemed perfect for Harper’s character. Jen Calonita’s Summer State of Mind was published
in April 2014 by Blackstone Audio and runs 7 hours.
5/5
Review copy provided by Audiobook Jukebox.
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