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Ten-year-old Lexie has always loved spending time at the beach with her parents, but this summer, her mother stays at home, which makes the experience entirely different. Her parents are divorced, and Lexie looks forward to spending time alone with her father. But he has invited his girlfriend and her two children without asking or telling Lexie. Things don't go particularly smoothly since there are all sorts of adjustment issues, and Lexie sees her dad in a different light than she has in the p
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Lovely soft, sweet story about Lexie, whose parents divorced last year and now her dad is surprising her with company at their shore house. The time that Lexie was looking forward to spending with her dad is now time that she is spending with her dad's new lady-friend, Vicky, and her two sons, Ben and Harris (goes by Mack). Good book to give to a 10-year-old girl who is getting used to step-siblings.
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Great book - ok ending
Mar 21, 2011
Ernie Cox
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Jun 01, 2011
Lisa Nagel
marked it as to-read
