
I am not just talking about “the girl”, but she explored new areas of life and met a completely different set of people. Lara does not realize until she is looking back, how much the summer and her experiences changed her. While Lara is experiencing everything she has always wanted in the now, she is unwittingly comparing it to a magical summer where everything was new. I think I love this whole process because Adler switches back and forth between bliss and discovery and misery and discovery. Life is hard enough in high school, but it is even more difficult if you are discovering that everything about you isn’t what you thought it was…but you cannot even define it.


Cool For the Summer is actually a cool book about self-discovery and acceptance.ĭahlia Adler takes us on the confusing ride of sexuality and what it means to yourself and how different it can be for others.
