Summer of Sloane

by Erin L. Schneider

Overview

Sloane's summer starts with a betrayal—can it end with discovering new love and healing old wounds? This heartfelt, hopeful, page-turning novel is perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen.

Warm Hawaiian sun. Lazy beach days. Flirty texts with her boyfriend back in Seattle. These are the things seventeen-year-old Sloane McIntyre pictured when she imagined the summer she'd be spending at her mom's home in Hawaii with her twin brother, Penn. Instead, after learning an unthinkable secret about her boyfriend, Tyler, and best friend, Mick, all she has is a fractured hand and a completely shattered heart.

Once she arrives in Honolulu, though, Sloane hopes that Hawaii might just be the escape she needs. With beach bonfires, old friends, exotic food, and the wonders of a waterproof cast, there's no reason Sloane shouldn't enjoy her summer. And when she meets Finn McAllister, the handsome son of a hotel magnate who doesn't always play by the rules, she knows he's the perfect distraction from everything that's so wrong back home.

But it turns out a measly ocean isn't nearly enough to stop all the emails, texts, and voicemails from her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend, desperate to explain away their betrayal. And as her casual connection with Finn grows deeper, Sloane's carefree summer might not be as easy to come by as she'd hoped. Weighing years of history with Mick and Tyler against their deception, and the delicate possibility of new love, Sloane must decide when to forgive, and when to live for herself.
 
 
Praise for Summer of Sloane
 

"Through Sloane and everyone who orbits her, Schneider examines betrayal from many angles, as well as the myriad ways that people hurt one another and how one teenager moves forward to see new romance and hope in her future." -Publishers Weekly
 
"What distinguishes this romance from a standard-issue beach read is its likable main character. . . Schneider's debut asks readers to consider how and where to draw the line between forgivable and inexcusable transgressions in those we love." -Kirkus Reviews

"Sloane is a likable, well-rounded character. . . An enjoyable beach read for fans of teen romance."
-School Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484726709
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	05/02/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	546,254
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Erin L. Schneider is a native of the Pacific Northwest, attended college in Honolulu, and—although Hawaiian—should never be allowed on a surfboard. With more than twenty years in corporate merchandising, she's now a full-time author living in Seattle with her husband, Neal their little boy, Kellan a rowdy German shepherd named Ronin and two crazy cats, Ono and Poke. She's a member of both the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and SCBWI, and is also co-founder of the YA Buccaneers (yabuccaneers.com). Summer of Sloane is her debut novel. Visit Erin online at erinlschneider.com or on Twitter @ErinLSchneider1.

Editorial Reviews

"Through Sloane and everyone who orbits her, Schneider examines betrayal from many angles, as well as the myriad ways that people hurt one another and how one teenager moves forward to see new romance and hope in her future."—Publishers Weekly

"What distinguishes this romance from a standard-issue beach read is its likable main character.... Schneider's debut asks readers to consider how and where to draw the line between forgivable and inexcusable transgressions in those we love."—Kirkus Reviews

"Sloane is a likable, well-rounded character.... An enjoyable beach read for fans of teen romance."
 —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

02/15/2016
Seventeen-year-old Sloane has a fine setting to nurse a broken heart: her mother’s gorgeous beach house on the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu. Betrayal is at the center of this novel—by friends, longtime boyfriends, parents—and Sloane grapples with the possibility of forgiveness under especially painful circumstances: Mick, Sloane’s best friend from childhood, is pregnant, and Sloane’s boyfriend, Tyler, was the other party involved. It’s a situation that could be ripped from a soap opera, yet debut author Schneider steers the story away from melodrama, instead focusing on Sloane’s time in Hawaii, seeing old friends and making new ones while enjoying the recreation the islands have to offer. The introduction of a romance with a boy named Finn heightens Sloane’s conflicting feelings about her past, but also allows her to see Mick’s and Tyler’s betrayals with new eyes and sympathetic distance. Through Sloane and everyone who orbits her, Schneider examines betrayal from many angles, as well as the myriad ways that people hurt one another and how one teenager moves forward to see new romance and hope in her future. Ages 12–up. Agent: Lisa Grubka, Fletcher & Company. (May)

Publishers Weekly

04/01/2016
Gr 8 Up—Just before 17-year-old Sloane McIntyre leaves Seattle to spend the summer with her mother in Hawaii, she learns that her boyfriend Tyler and best friend Mick slept together and Mick is pregnant. Sloane punches Tyler in the face, breaking his nose and her hand. It looks like the start of the worst summer ever. But everything gets better once Sloane is in Hawaii, especially as she finds herself falling for Finn, a good-looking, fun-loving boy whose father owns the local hotel where Sloane gets a summer job. Then, everything falls apart when an accident brings Sloane back to Seattle. Although the novel begins and ends on serious notes, the majority of the protagonist's summer is lighthearted, leisurely, and romantic. Teens who love reading about gorgeous locations will love Schneider's descriptions of Hawaii and Sloane's mother's house, which allows her to enjoy "the rolling of the ocean mere feet" from her room. The pace picks up at the end of the book, so much so that the final chapters seem to lack closure. However, the message of forgiveness is well delivered, and Sloane is a likable, well-rounded character who exhibits a variety of personality traits, such as anxiety and vulnerability, which lead to panic attacks, and free-spirited independence, which results in her getting a tattoo on a whim and speaking her mind to her boyfriend's overbearing father. VERDICT An enjoyable beach read for fans of teen romance.—Magdalena Teske, Naperville Public Library, IL

School Library Journal

2016-02-17
Blindsided by betrayal, wounded in heart and hand, Sloane escapes to Hawaii, where she finds healing, romance, and new complications. During the school year, Sloane and her twin brother, Penn, live in Seattle with their lawyer dad and spend summers with their mom and stepdad, both surgeons, in their oceanfront home near Waikiki. A successful competitive swimmer who's learned to manage her asthma, Sloane's shattered when her best friend, Mick, confesses she's pregnant by Sloane's boyfriend, Tyler. When his efforts to explain fall short, Sloane breaks his nose and her hand. Off to Hawaii, she gets a warm welcome (with piles of presents) from her mother and a car to share with Penn. Soon they're partying on the beach with old friends and new—especially Finn, son of a wealthy hotel magnate, who's seriously hot and smitten with Sloane. Their romance blossoms. When not engaged in beach parties and retail therapy, Sloane teaches Finn's traumatized little sister to swim and tries to ignore the texts and email from Mick and Tyler pleading for forgiveness; this is her summer, her mother tells her. When Sloane's past catches up with her, she must face the betrayal head-on. What distinguishes this romance from a standard-issue beach read is its likable main character. One-quarter native Hawaiian and three-quarters white, Sloane and Penn are blond and beautiful, and they are surrounded by likewise beautiful, toned, bronzed teens. Schneider's debut asks readers to consider how and where to draw the line between forgivable and inexcusable transgressions in those we love. (Fiction. 14-17)

Kirkus Reviews