I decided earlier this year to explore some other genres of literature (is it really literature? Hmmm, I wonder) this year and since I have read very little Young Adult work I decided to give it a go. I chose the Beachbreak High series by Emily Lowry.
I really enjoyed this series — it is about a group of friends in their junior year at Beachbreak High. They have been friends for years and have many good — and bad — memories. It is set in California which is ALWAYS sunny and the waves are always peak. So, these books take us through four couples — they didn’t start out as couples, just best friends, but through the course of the books they realize they really care for each other, end up coupling up, go through some negative things —not too negative and not terribly bad, and come out the other side healthy and well.
These were refreshing books. Definitely not representative of the majority of youth we see today, at least as far as I can tell, but they were good reads — good conflict, good conflict solution, great setting, happy times, sad times —
Yes, I recommend for sure. I am not sure anybody past the 7th grade would read these books because I don’t really think people in high school read at all anymore but they are missing out.
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Those sound like nice, easy-read books. I agree that teens don't seem to read much any more and if they do there seems to be a lot of emphasis on zombies and monsters.
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