Summer Girls

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn't be farther apart.

Cass has a rule about dating summer girls--just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with the obnoxious daughters of the rich who stay in their families' summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass.

Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She's the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend's very expensive car.

Birdie's punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach--but it won't be a vacation. He's enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job at the public beach where Cass lifeguards.

At first the two despise each other. Birdie doesn't want a babysitter, and Cass doesn't want to be one. But as the season heats up, Birdie surprises Cass time and again, and before long both girls can't help but wonder: Are some rules made to be broken?

Author: Jennifer Dugan
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/31/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.44w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780593696910
ISBN10: 0593696913
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | LGBTQ+
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex

About the Author
Jennifer Dugan is an awkward romantic who writes across many genres and categories. Her debut young adult novel, Hot Dog Girl, was called a "great fizzy rom-com" by Entertainment Weekly and "one of the best reads of the year, hands down" by Paste Magazine, although she is best known for Some Girls Do, which took TikTok by storm. Her other novels include Girls Like Us, the sequel to Some Girls Do; Summer Girls; Playing for Keeps; The Last Girls Standing; and Melt With You. Jennifer has also collaborated with artist Kit Seaton on the graphic novels Full Shift and Coven, which was a GLAAD Outstanding Original Graphic Novel Nominee. She lives in upstate New York.