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Book Review of The Summer of the Swans

The Summer of the Swans
The Summer of the Swans
Author: Betsy Byars
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Sara's fourteenth summer was turning out to be the most confusing time of her life. Up until then, things had flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake. now she wanted to fly away from everything--her beautiful older sister, her bossy Aunt Willie, her remote father, and, most of all, from herself.

But could she fly away from Charlie? She love her younger brother in a way she couldn't understand, though sometimes she grew tired of his neediness. But when Charlie himself took flight, Sara suddenly knew what she had to do...