The View from the Top

By Frank, Hillary

Publishers Summary:
Eighteen-year-old Anabelle’s last few months in her coastal hometown are bittersweet. Instead of the quiet precollege summer she expects, Anabelle makes some surprising discoveries about herself as she navigates romantic entanglements and changing friendships. Through shifting points of view in seven interconnected stories, we glimpse the limits of how well her friends really know Anabelle . . . and how little she grasps about the way they see her. With wry observations and quirky humor, critically acclaimed novelist Hillary Frank gives voice and depth to six unique characters whose stories intertwine to form a complete picture of one shared summer.

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978-0-52542-241-9
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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2010

Gr 9 Up—Set during the summer after senior year, this novel is told from the viewpoints of six very different teens. Five of them, boys and girls, are all infatuated with Annabelle, though it is difficult to tell why. Even when the story shifts to her perspective, she remains a distant character. As Annabelle breaks u...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2010

Told from six teens' individual perspectives, this interconnected story about one summer in a Maine coastal town is filled with romantic...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on September 1, 2010

A spot-on depiction of teenage love in all its confusion, angst, and bliss. The characters seem real. Each has a deeply felt and affecting emotional dilemma; Tobin’s stingingly unrequited crush on Anabelle is one example....Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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