The Brightest Stars of Summer
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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2016 · Est. 8 hour read

The Brightest Stars of Summer

By Leila Howland

Book #2 in the Silver Sisters series

Sisterly tensions rise as wedding plans and personal ambitions collide on Cape Cod.

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384 pages· 71,207 words· Est. 8 hour read
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Marigold, Zinnia, and Lily return to Cape Cod for Aunt Sunny's wedding, but sibling rivalry threatens their summer. Marigold hides her Hollywood embarrassment, while Zinnie struggles with writing and a crush on Max, who prefers Marigold. As emotions flare, Zinnie's betrayal tests their bond. Can the Silver sisters mend their rift before the big day and give Sunny a memorable summer?

From the publisher

Dive back into the series that Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Rita Williams Garcia says “brims with hilarity and sisterly hijinks.”The Silver sisters return to Cape Cod in this sequel to The Forget-Me-Not Summer, which Booklist called “reminiscent of the Penderwick series” in its starred review. Wedding bells are ringing on the Cape! It’s summer again and Marigold, Zinnia, and Lily are heading back to Pruet to help bride-to-be Aunt Sunny plan her big day. But cake and decorations aren’t the only items on the girls’ agenda this summer. Marigold can’t wait to escape the embarrassment of being cut from one of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters–especially after she bragged to all of her friends that she was in it. And Zinnie is trying her hardest to write a story good enough to get into an elite writing program. Zinnie also meets her first boy-who-is-a-friend, a cute kid named Max. But when it becomes clear that Max has eyes for Marigold, Zinnie can’t contain her hurt, and it leads her to betray Marigold with an unthinkable sister crime. With a wedding on the horizon, and tension simmering between them, will the Silver sisters be able to overcome their hurt in time for the ceremony? After all, beneath the pain of their fight, all Marigold and Zinnie want to do is give Sunny what she’s always given them: a summer to remember forever.The summer fun continues! Be sure to catch The Silver Moon of Summer, the last book in the Silver Sisters series.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
384
Words
71,207
Reading age
9–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~829L
Themes & topics
Books about siblingsBooks about girls and womenBooks about coming of age
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.3
F&P level
~T
AR points
11
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
182704
Publication
Published
May 16, 2017
First published
May 17, 2016
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062318732

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