Book 38: Someone Like Summer.

Book 38: Someone Like Summer.

M.E. Kerr
HarperCollins Publihers.
2007
Rating:
2

Amazon.com Review

Tall, blonde, blue-eyed Annabel, 17, is in love with Esteban, a Latino immigrant, who turns out to be part of an undocumented group of workers in her town in the Hamptons. The love is intense. They can't keep their hands off each other; in fact, he is the one who stops them from going too far. Prejudice is rough from all sides, including the town's powerful benefactor, who targets the illegals, and Esteban's older sister, who calls Annabel "flour face" and thinks all white girls are loose. The main characters disturb all the stereotypes. Annabel's loving, gruff dad employs illegals because he can pay them less, and he treats them well even as he badmouths them--but no way will he allow Esteban to hook up with his daughter. As things build to a searing climax, Annabel realizes she has asked little about Esteban's dad, who was assassinated back "home" in Colombia. And Kerr crosses other romantic boundaries. Esteban is short--he stands on his toes to kiss.

Hazel Rochman

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What Do I Think?
Anna B. and Esteban are two whinny, teens 'in love.' Honestly, I couldn't have cared less about any of the characters in the book. The only time I felt any kind of emotion due to this novel was when Davi-Larkin's dog- was run over. If that doesn't say enough, I don't know what will.