The Summer Invitation by Charlotte Silver, 2014 Roaring Brook PressAunt Theo has always been a force greater than nature in Fran and Val's home--a friend of their mother from way back when. When Aunt Theo invites Frances and Valentine to her home in New York City for the summer, both girls are overjoyed: not only will seventeen-year-old Valentine and fourteen-year-old Franny get a summer in the city that never sleeps, but they will have a summer with only twenty-eight-year-old Clover as their chaperone.
The girls enjoy the city and meet fascinating people who have both influenced and been influenced by their mysterious Aunt. Franny discovers there's more to life than after-school activities and modern conveniences. Watching her sister fall in love for the first time, Franny learns that even the things that seem to fall into place aren't what they seem.
Anticipating Aunt Theo's return and the party to welcome her home, the girls grow and develop through the summer. Val matures into Valentine, Franny accepts she will never have her sister's popular beauty, and each girl has a story to bring back to her friends at home in San Francisco.
Val and Franny's adventures in the Big Apple are new and exciting for the girls, though some of the subject matter may be mature for younger readers. Teens and young adults will enjoy the carefree life they live on their summer vacation in New York City.
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