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And check out the following characters who are facing the fact that summer means getting a job and making some cash.  Even with work, they'll still find ways to fit in crushes, road trips, and other adventures:

	Pool boy Simmons, Michael. When his father is arrested for insider trading and his family loses all their money, Brett Gerson takes a job as an assistant to a 70-something pool cleaner in his former wealthy California neighborhood and learns some valuable life lessons. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)
	The sisterhood of the traveling pants Brashares, Ann. Four best girlfriends spend the biggest summer of their lives enchanted by a magical pair of pants. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)
	A northern light Donnelly, Jennifer. In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)
	Peaches Anderson, Jodi Lynn. Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)
	Acceleration McNamee, Graham. Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)
	Double helix Werlin, Nancy. Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)
	The summer of cotton candy : a sweet seasons novel Viguié, Debbie. Forced by her father to get a summer job, seventeen-year-old Candace makes the most of selling cotton candy in an amusement park, despite a botched nametag, vindictive co-workers, lewd patrons, and growing distant from her best friend. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

 

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