The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781492622192
Pages
368 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Told through four viewpoints, sisters Des, Bea, Kat, and Vi, aged nineteen to fifteen, are each transformed, especially in how they see one another, in the last summer before Bea leaves for college.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL670L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Kinship care; Gay/Lesbian; Bisexuality; Physical disability; grandmother raising grandchildren; grandmother looking after granddaughters; lesbian; lesbian teenager; bisexual teenagers; knee surgery
Main Character
female teenagers; adult female
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
grandmother
LGBTQ+
lesbian female; bisexual males
Awards
Rainbow List, 2019 Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
bookstore; college; community play; uncertainty; doubt; jealousy; secrets; high school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Spotswood, Jessica, "The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls" (2018). Diverse Families. 1899.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1899