ALMOST SUMMER

Anthony's in love with Emily who's got a crush on Raph and Matthew has a thing for Jennifer while Michelle's head over heels for... Well, you get the picture. ALMOST SUMMER is high school at its finest, which means it's high school at its worst: Awkward romances, boring jobs, nosy parents, gym class, exams, and endless homework. No heavy-handed, forced drama here—but rather an honest and funny account of what high school life really feels like when you're in the middle of it. An engaging, entertaining portrait of friendship, love, and everything in-between that will have readers young and old cracking up in recognition.

The school year is almost over, which means summer is right around the corner. Michelle wants to get a job at a day camp so she can hang out with some guy she has a crush on, Matthew is spending more and more time with Mary, and Emily just wants Anthony to leave her alone. But before they can lounge around the pool and eat watermelon all day, our heroes still have to deal with the pressing matter of those pesky final exams standing in the way of absolute freedom. Volume 2 of the ALMOST SUMMER saga brings back all the characters from the previous book for another slice of authentic teenage everyday life in all it’s pain and glory! "Compulsively readable... ALMOST SUMMER just aches with inchoate desire, frustrated dreams, and the endless possibilities of youth." Robert Clough, High-Low

The whole ALMOST SUMMER gang is back to take on the biggest challenge they’ve ever faced: The final year of high school. The penultimate chapter in this four part series features such dramatic events as Matthew refusing to take off his hat for the graduation picture, washing his hair for the first time in forever, and finally asking Naomi out! Otherwise, it's business as usual for Emily, Anthony and Michelle—meaning they’re bored, don't really know what they want out of life, and don't really care either. They're still typical teenagers, and nothing, not even the fact that their lives are about to change forever, is ever going to change that.

"Worth a binge read." —Broken Pencil Magazine The final chapter of the ALMOST SUMMER saga features Emily and Anthony looking for an apartment, and Michelle desperately trying to find the perfect dress for prom night. And then the next thing you know school's out for summer, high school is over and the gang celebrates by going to a cabin in the woods: Barbecues, campfire singalongs, occult rituals... Wait, what?! Things do get a little weird after everyone eats the "special brownies" prepared by Michelle's mother. This fourth and final volume of Sophie Bédard's coming-of-age tale is the most sincere, poignant one yet... But also the funniest.