The Summer of Skinny Dipping (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Simon Ross: A Junior spending his summer vacation at a ocean-side home rented by his father. He is Mia's neighbour.
• Corinne Drexel: Mia's cousin who's older by a few months. She has changed since the last time they had seen each other which was three years ago. She's a ballerina, slim, strong and physically beautiful.
• Aunt Kathleen: Mia's aunt. Her mother's older sister. The mother of Corinne and Beth.
• Jake: Mia's ex-boyfriend.
• Beth: Mia's eldest cousin. She has a voice like Hello Kitty if Hello Kitty had one. She's all sweet on the outside, but in the inside, she's tough.
• Jake: Mia's ex-boyfriend.
• Mrs. Ross: Simon's mother. Tends to have a watery smile.
• Aram Amiri: Son of a famous fashion designer. He is Corinne's mission/plan - to get with him.
• Genevieve Chu: Corinne's friend. She's rich and has connections. Wants to be an actress.
• Mia: The main character. She is an average sized girl who just wants to have fun at the summer house with her cousins. She has been recently dumped by her boyfriend, Jake and just wants to escape her like back home. She is the older sister of Eva, and cousin to Corinne and Beth.
• Aunt Maxine: Mia's mother. Kathleen's younger sister.
• Eva Marie: Mia's younger sister by about eight years. She's a pretty thing but spoiled. Her mother's favourite daughter.
• Marty Hollis: Add a description of this character.
• Gardner
• Alessandro: Corinne's boyfriend that's away with family in Europe.
• Gabi Santiago
• Kristin
• Stacy: A friend of Corinne's. Was invited to their parties.
• Guy
• Miss Elliot
• Chris Gordon
• Justin
• William
• Uncle Rufus Drexel
• Mr. Ross
• Daisy
• Shep Gardner

Quotes edit see section history

• “If you don't have any dreams, the won't come true.”

• “But once you say something like that, you give something you can never get back.”

• Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers

•   'If you don't have any dreams, then they won't come true.'

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• 'The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn't work out the first time.'

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• If you stay on the sidelines of the here and now, then your future will only ever be a pale version of a dream you never had the courage to experience.

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•   Putting yourself at risk…that was the only path to anything meaningful. The biggest risk was in not taking a risk. I was starting to see that for myself in a whole lot of ways: if you kept your light inside of yourself too long, it might burn out altogether.

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• You can only take steps toward the future you want. It's not guaranteed to be there.   This is why you have to live inside each beautiful or terrible thing as it happens to you, because the present may be all you've got.

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•   But once you say something like that, you give something you can never get back.

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• You need to take risks to end up feeling safe with someone, which seems to be totally illogical, when you start to break it down. But it's true.

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• Could you be both at the same time, realist and romantic? A dreamer who didn't believe in dreams?

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• 'The rest of the girls out here are just shooting stars,' Simon whispered into my ear. 'They're on a crash course to nowhere. But you, my lady friend, you're a black hole. You've sucked me in, and now there's no escape…'

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•   I know I am different, and yet also, in a way, I'm still the same, only more myself now, because that's what happens when your life changes so completely. It takes pieces of you that you kept deeply hidden, even from yourself, and forces them to the surface like splinters working their way out of your skin.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Wind Song
• Mia
• Georgia
• Southampton
• Long Island
• Europe
• New York
• Indigo Beach
• Athens
• Manhattan
• Atlantic

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Amanda Howells (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

This Young Adult Fiction book is recommended for ages 13 and up.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Dating & Intimacy › Fiction
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance