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Summer Girls by Jennifer Dugan

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Summer Girls

Jennifer Dugan

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · May 13, 2025

Reading lane: YA Bisexual Fiction

A Romance pick for readers exploring Summer Girls.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Summer Friction

A sapphic summer romance finds its spark where beach-town class lines—and dating rules—rub raw.

Come here for

  • Beach-town tension between a local lifeguard and a wealthy summer visitor
  • A prickly start that leaves room for surprise

Expect

  • A teen romance with a summery setting and class friction
  • Two girls reconsidering the rules they brought to summer

Book Details

Authors
Jennifer Dugan
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
May 13, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
YA Bisexual Fiction · Romantic Comedy for Teens
Reading lane
YA Bisexual Fiction

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Contemporary YA Romance

  • YA Romance - LGBTQ+

  • Dating & Sex for Teens

About This Book

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn’t be farther apart. Cass has a rule about dating summer girls—just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with the obnoxious daughters of the rich who stay in their families’ summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass. Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She’s the daughter of a wealth...

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From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn’t be farther apart. Cass has a rule about dating summer girls—just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with the obnoxious daughters of the rich who stay in their families’ summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass. Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend’s very expensive car. Birdie’s punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach—but it won’t be a vacation. He’s enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job at the public beach where Cass lifeguards. At first the two despise each other. Birdie doesn’t want a babysitter, and Cass doesn’t want to be one. But as the season heats up, Birdie surprises Cass time and again, and before long both girls can’t help but wonder: Are some rules made to be broken?

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