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* YourCheatingHeart: Haven's dad cheated on her mother.
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The story follows fifteen-year-old Haven McPhail over the course of one change-filled summer, as she struggles to adjust to a new normal-- her father is getting married to the woman he left her mother for, and her older sister Ashley is planning her wedding and preparing to move on with her life. It's all too much, and when she starts a friendship with Sumner, one of Ashley's ex-boyfriends, Haven starts to reminisce about the summers of her childhood, when nothing was complicated and everything was happy...
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The story follows fifteen-year-old Haven McPhail [=McPhail=] over the course of one change-filled summer, as she struggles to adjust to a new normal-- her father is getting married to the woman he left her mother for, and her older sister Ashley is planning her wedding and preparing to move on with her life. It's all too much, and when she starts a friendship with Sumner, one of Ashley's ex-boyfriends, Haven starts to reminisce about the summers of her childhood, when nothing was complicated and everything was happy...
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The protagonist is 15-year-old Haven [=McPhail=], who struggles to deal with life changes including her father remarrying, her elder sister getting engaged, and her best friend being weird.
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The protagonist is 15-year-old story follows fifteen-year-old Haven [=McPhail=], who McPhail over the course of one change-filled summer, as she struggles to deal with life changes including adjust to a new normal-- her father remarrying, her elder sister is getting engaged, married to the woman he left her mother for, and her best friend being weird.
older sister Ashley is planning her wedding and preparing to move on with her life. It's all too much, and when she starts a friendship with Sumner, one of Ashley's ex-boyfriends, Haven starts to reminisce about the summers of her childhood, when nothing was complicated and everything was happy...
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''That Summer'' is a 1996 young adult novel by Creator/SarahDessen.
The protagonist is 15-year-old Haven [=McPhail=], who struggles to deal with life changes including her father remarrying, her elder sister getting engaged, and her best friend being weird.
Along with Dessen's next novel, ''Literature/SomeoneLikeYou'', it was adapted into the film ''How to Deal''.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-Universe, as the [=McPhail=] women attempt to decipher the actions of their father's new wife, Lorna. Haven thinks she's mostly mean with a hint of stupid, Ashley doesn't think she's mean at all, just really stupid.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Haven feels her older sister Ashley is this.
* DaddysGirl: Ashley. Haven is less inclined.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Haven and Ashley.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Haven believes Sumner was this for Ashley and their family and hopes he can be it again for her. [[spoiler:She's wrong]].
* TheNotLoveInterest: Sumner for Haven. He's actually her sister's ex.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Haven's father cheated on her mother and then left her for 'The Weather Pet' Lorna Queen.
* SiblingYinYang: Haven and Ashley.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
** Haven and Ashley.
** Haven and Casey.
* YourCheatingHeart: Haven's dad cheated on her mother.
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The protagonist is 15-year-old Haven [=McPhail=], who struggles to deal with life changes including her father remarrying, her elder sister getting engaged, and her best friend being weird.
Along with Dessen's next novel, ''Literature/SomeoneLikeYou'', it was adapted into the film ''How to Deal''.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-Universe, as the [=McPhail=] women attempt to decipher the actions of their father's new wife, Lorna. Haven thinks she's mostly mean with a hint of stupid, Ashley doesn't think she's mean at all, just really stupid.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Haven feels her older sister Ashley is this.
* DaddysGirl: Ashley. Haven is less inclined.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Haven and Ashley.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Haven believes Sumner was this for Ashley and their family and hopes he can be it again for her. [[spoiler:She's wrong]].
* TheNotLoveInterest: Sumner for Haven. He's actually her sister's ex.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Haven's father cheated on her mother and then left her for 'The Weather Pet' Lorna Queen.
* SiblingYinYang: Haven and Ashley.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
** Haven and Ashley.
** Haven and Casey.
* YourCheatingHeart: Haven's dad cheated on her mother.
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