The Summer Before Quotes

“After all, you can't force a friendship.”
― Ann M. Martin, The Summer Before

“At four, Claire was the youngest Pike. Then there was Margo, who was six; Nicky, who was seven; Vanessa, who was eight; the identical triplets — Byron, Adam, and Jordan — who were nine, and Mallory, who was ten. Suddenly, they looked more like a mob than an innocent bunch of kids.”
― Ann M. Martin, The Summer Before