THE SEA GULLS WOKE ME

by Mary Stolz ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 5, 1951

Mary Stolz is just about our favorite writer of teen age romance, but this-while infinitely superior to the average young novel- isn't quite up to the level of her Organdy Cuprakers or To Tell Your Love....Jean Campbell was a wallflower, generally considered an outsider by her contemporaries, and the thing she wanted more than anything in the world, she thought, was to be just like all the other sixteeners. When her one date was a dismal flop, even her mother, who wanted to hem her in, agreed to let her go to an uncle who ran a summer resort inn with the help of college boys and girls. Jean was ecstatic and terrified. As a gesture of independence she had her hair cut before she boarded the sleeper. Then comes a story of the growing pains of a singularly difficult transition from little girlhood to maturity- but the island and the responsibility of a job and the contacts with other young people who had no preconceived notions about her gave Jean the stimulus she needed and she came through, triumphantly. The boyfriend aspects seemed to us somewhat less successful, less convincing than in the two earlier books, but other teen agers will love it.

Pub Date: Sept. 5, 1951

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1951

Categories: FICTION