Reunion

Ocean City/Making Waves #5

by Katherine Applegate

Kate wants desperately to rekindle her romance with Justin, Chelsea and Connor need to save their rocky marriage, and Grace's passion for David forces her to return--only love could bring them back to Ocean City for the hottest summer ever. Original.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Teen

232 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1994

About the author

#1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate has written many books for young readers, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal.

Katherine’s picture books include THE BUFFALO STORM, illustrated by Jan Ormerod (Clarion Books); THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF IVAN, THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Clarion Books); SOMETIMES YOU FLY, illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Clarion Books); and ODDER: AN OTTER’S STORY, illustrated by Charles Santoso (Feiwel & Friends).

She’s written or co-written three early chapter series for young readers: ROSCOE RILEY RULES, a seven-book series illustrated by Brian Biggs (HarperCollins); DOGGO AND PUPPER, a three-book series illustrated by Charlie Alder (Feiwel & Friends). With Gennifer Choldenko, she co-authored DOGTOWN and MOUSE AND HIS DOG, illustrated by Wallace West (Feiwel & Friends).

Books for middle-grade readers include HOME OF THE BRAVE (Feiwel & Friends); THE ONE AND ONLY series, illustrated by Patricia Castelao, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, THE ONE AND ONLY BOB, THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY, and THE ONE AND ONLY FAMILY (HarperCollins); the ENDLING trilogy (HarperCollins); CRENSHAW (Feiwel & Friends); WISHTREE (Feiwel & Friends); WILLODEEN (Feiwel & Friends); ODDER (Feiwel & Friends); and the forthcoming POCKET BEAR (Feiwel & Friends).

With her husband, Michael Grant, Katherine co-wrote ANIMORPHS, a long-running series that has sold over 35 million books worldwide. They also wrote two other series, REMNANTS and EVERWORLD, and a young adult novel, EVE AND ADAM (Feiwel & Friends.)

Katherine’s work has been translated into dozens of languages, and her books have won accolades including the Christopher Medal, the Golden Kite Award, the Bank Street Josette Frank Award, the California Book Award Gold Medal, the Crystal Kite Award, the Green Earth Book Honor Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Many of her works have appeared on state master lists, Best of the Year lists, and Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller lists.

Katherine lives in Nevada with her husband and assorted pets. She is represented by Elena Giovinazzo at Heirloom Literary and Mary Pender at WME.

Reviews

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't really remember much of this because it took me so long to read it, but I knew that Justin couldn't really be dead!
It was a shame that Connor and Chelsea were having problems, and I felt sorry for Grace losing both Justin and her mother at pretty much the same time, but at least she had the beach house her mother had left her.
I kinda guessed what was going on with Marta and her new admirer he was obviously the one who put her in the wheelchair.
Typical that Kate would be depressed and unable to move on right up until the night when Justin returns, and she's shagging someone else 🙈

[Jenn N · Rating 3 out of 5]

This entry kicks off the second summer in Ocean City in which they figuratively jump the shark with the Justin plot. 🧐

[Deanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this series book by book and after I finished this one I went back to buy the next book because this one ended with SUCH A CLIFFHANGER and then found out this publisher wasn't printing anymore of the books. It wasn't until many years later that I found the original series printed under a different name (Ocean City) that I was able to purchase the rest and finish them. I had a lot of fun reading these when I was high school. They are all fun summer reads. Some more eventful than others but overall I give the series a 4.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I don't recall the OC kids' antics particular to this book, I give the series 3-stars over all. Proudly. Since my last name isn't listed and only Maria knows who I am...