The Hot and Cold Summer

by Johanna Hurwitz, Gail Owens (Illustrator)

Rory and Derek are best friends forever....

At least that's what they think -- until they meet Bolivia. She's visiting next door all summer and everyone wants the three of them to be buddies. But since she's a girl, Rory and Derek decide to ignore her completely. Except it's not so easy to ignore someone who has her own pet parrot and who likes to make snowballs -- out of ice-cream!

Derek starts thinking Bolivia's the funniest, craziest kid he's ever met, but Rory still says three's a crowd. Is there room in their friendship for Bolivia, or is she about to break up a perfect team?

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Summer, Friendship

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Johanna Hurwitz is an American author of more than sixty children's books. She has sold millions of books in many different languages.

Reviews

[Lydia Byers]

I read this as a kid and enjoyed it, so I read it aloud to the kids and we all enjoyed it. We laughed a lot. I want to warn the kids, "Don't be like Rory and make yourself miserable by deciding ahead of time to hate something."

[Somaia]

I do remember that!!
And i used it in an SAT essay before i think

[Sarah]

A story I loved when I was a kid, so I wanted to reread it for nostalgia-sake. A sweet story.

[Rebecca]

Reread this story from many years ago! A great reminder of years gone by and being a kid.

[Sandra Garza]

Derek and Roy have been best friends since as long as they could remember. But, can their friendships overcome anything? School is out and summer has begun for Derek and Roy. They decided to spend all summer together having fun and enjoying each others company, but not all goes as planned when a new member tries to join the best friends club. Bolivia, the new girl who is visiting the next door neighbors all summer becomes a threat to Roy as Derek becomes very close to her. Will Roy be able to become friends with this stranger or will he be replaced? I really like this book because It reminds me of my best friend in elementary and my childhood. I also like this book because it expresses many emotions which i can relate to at some points. I think that this book is a very nice to pass the time.

[Alissa]

This is a childhood book I wanted to read again. I love it! It's so cute and a quick read at my age. It was nice to go back and read what I thought was so good back then. Its a story about 2 best friends who don't want to be friends with the neighbors niece, most of all because she's a GIRL! They do what they can to avoid her but it's impossible. Finally, they break down and end up being really great friends with her. In the end, they talk about missing her.

[Lisa]

Once I got into this book I enjoyed it; however, it took me awhile to fully become interested in it. I picked the book because of the title because I thought it was interesting. This book is a good book for kids to read about friendships and not judging someone because they are different than you.

[Monique]

Loved the development in this book! My favorite character was Bolivia even though Rory and (what was his name??) came close. Just also reminded me about how great summer vacation is too!:) Great read.

[Shannon]

I just saw this book show up while browsing my kid's "Kindle Freetime" library options. I suddenly remembered reading it as a kid.

Haven't checked yet, but I'm pretty sure this is the book where they overflow the dishwasher and bubbles go everywhere, and make snowballs out of ice cream.

[Daniela]

this was a great book my friend read it and i told her if it was nice and she said it was so i gave it a try and i ended up liking it more than my friend.and i liked it so much that i finish it a lot faster than i thought

[Meredith]

I L-O-V-E-D this book when I was younger and read it multiple times. What's better than a middle school love triangle?

[Sarah]

As a child I really enjoyed this simple, wholesome story of friendship.

[George Orwell]

snowball fights i nthe summer with ice cream sound fun, sticky, and delicious!

[Tasneem]

KoOll bOok

[Najae]

this book was good. we read the book and it showed how some people can be so judgemental

[Megan]

AWESOME book! just finished it. I thought it was great!

[Mardi]

This was my favorite book in grade school.

[Payton]

Rory thinks Bolivia is going to ruin their summer.He starts hanging out with Bolivia and become friends.I thought the book sounded fun since it had ice cream fights.

[Priya Shah]

The second I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down

[Tammi Drevers]

I remember this book so vividly when I was a child. It is a great book about friendship. Snowball fights in July with ice cream.

[Nastya Nikitina]

One of my favorite childhood books. I felt like I lacked books with amazing lead females and this was one with an unforgettable girl.

[Holly]

I remember this book from when I was a kid, and I waited to read it out loud until my son was the same age as the characters, summer after fourth grade. It held up, I still like it.

[Crys De la cruz]

I remember this was my favorite book in elementary school.

[Alyssa Soethout]

it was a good book

[Alison Tala]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/14825484

[Lajea Johnson]

good book