Rory’s Top Beach Reads + Win Rules of Summer!
THE RULES OF SUMMER is about two 17 year-old girls living in the same beachfront mansion in East Hampton for the summer, one “upstairs” (the daughter of a very blue-blooded family) and one “downstairs” (the niece of the family’s housekeeper.) Isabel is the privileged daughter who’s used to having guys fall at her feet. Rory is the no-nonsense girl from a small New Jersey town who’s always been the friend, never the girlfriend. Besides becoming each other’s unlikely allies, both Rory and Isabel have a summer romance that will change their lives.
Rory’s Top Beach Reads
1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Ftzgerald
2. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
3. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
4. This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
5. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
6. Secret History by Donna Tart
7. Austenland by Shannon Hale
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
9. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
10. Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Joanna Philbin was born in Los Angeles and grew up in New York City. She is the daughter of television host Regis Philbin. She started her first novel at the age of seven, but only got as far as the second chapter. She went on to receive her B.A. from Brown University and an M.F.A. from the University of Notre Dame. She now lives in Santa Barbara, California.
