Haven Mcphail In The That Summer By Sarah Dessen

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The story That Summer by Sarah Dessen portrays Haven McPhail, a young American teenage girl struggling to grasp the fact that her parents recently divorced. Haven’s dad has fell in love with the weather girl at the news station he is employed at. Her name is Lorna Queen but Haven’s mother calls her the “Weather Pet.” After all that Haven finds out that Lorna and her dad are expecting a baby. Meanwhile, Havens best friend, Casey Melvin just got back from 4-H camp but something about her seems different. Casey had fallen in love with a boy at camp and that is all she could talk about, but she also got into drugs. While all of this chaos is happening Havens sister Ashley is getting married. The boy she is marrying is very quiet and is unlike any

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