July: 17th summer

Its now the month of July and  its the hottest its been in the longest time. Angie and Jack continue to see each other regularly, and everyone believes they are going steady, but they wont admit it. Jack has dinner with Angie's family and it goes horribly wrong in Angie's mind, but in reality it goes perfectly fine. She keeps fretting that her mother won't accept Jack because he's not going to college in the fall, and working instead. Yet her mother never says anything to dismiss him, but make it clear that she would rather Angie would read books all summer instead of going out with boys all summer long. Angie continues her paranoid ways and always second guesses herself and Jack, and every action they both take. I personally find it weird for her to fret so much, but that's just me.

playah? 17th summer

Tony Becker calls up Angie to see if she wants to do something that Wednesday. She agrees and they went for a drive around town. He asked simple things what she was doing that summer, and what she would do when it ended. The ended up at Chet's which was like Pete's but farther out of town. Angie realized that he had a sensitive side and thought he was really a nice guy. Jack heard of their date, and thought that they were over with. Angie didn't believe so and thought he was ignoring her for no reason, and felt truly hurt when she heard that he was taking Jane Rady out on dates again. They ran into each other and realized it was just mis-communication and thought that one another wasn't interested anymore, and that Jack was surprised that she would go out with a fast guy, like Tony. He offers her to give her a ride home, and their dispute was settled.

party- 17th summer

Angie's next date with Jack, is going to a party at Fitz's cabin. All the girls and boys drank a keg of beer, and Angie had a cup but never took a sip. About fifteen people were there and they all sat in a circle in the living room, just singing, listening to music, having a good time. They played chuga- lug, a drinking game, and Angie sat there laughing with the rest of them having a great time.Her and Jack go out on the lawn a lie down on a blanket and he asked her if she was having fun, and if she regretted Friday, and other simple stuff. She said she was having a great time with him, and she started thinking why he would think such things. He put his hand on her but she pretended it wasn't even there.

That's the part i don't understand through out the book. Jack puts himself forward trying to be nice and affectionate, and Angie passes it off as nothing, like when he touches her hand, she pretends it isn't there. I just find it weird.

My 1st kiss went a little like this... 17th summer

After her mother made the final touches on Angie's new dress Jack picked her up and they went to the dance. She danced all night with Jack except for one song with, Tony Becker. Swede tried to cut in by Jack told him to come back later. Angie's feeling of their last date faded, and only the feelings of their first date lingered. They held hands even when they stopped dancing, and Angie felt like she was on top of the world.

They went out to the golf course and sat on the edge of the course, talked, and watched the night's sky. Jack was smoking a cigarette, and he flick it away, and placed his had on top of her's. They leaned into each other, and Angie had her first kiss.

obsessed or head over heels? - 17th summer

Pages read- 25
So the day after Jack and Angie have their first date, she feels kind of paranoid/ anxious because Jack hasn't called all day and she's wondering if he doesn't like her anymore or if he didn't have fun "with a girl like [her]." So she asks her little sister, Kitty, if she wants to take a walk and get ice cream.The y leave home get ice cream, and head over towards the boat docks. They pass by, while Angie secretly checks to see if Jack is any where, he isn't and she feels disappointed. But as they were near the end of the harbor a car pulls up to them and Swede hangs out of the window asking if they want a ride. Instead of answering she questions him to see if Jack told him if he had a good time. He said that he didn't know, and Jack didn't talk of her to him. Disappointed she decided to walk home.
     Late that night Jack called to see if she wanted to take a ride with him to Pete's, her mother put up a fuss but her dad and sister really wanted her to go. Pete's is like a little diner place for teenagers to go to, dance, eat, and have a good time. Jack had beer and Angie a coke, and Angie felt out of place because she's never been out on a date with a boy , "especially Jack." She felt even more out of place when Jack's ex-girlfriend showed up and he danced with her the whole night. His friends sat in the booth with her to talk, but she only felt comfortable with Jack next to her. She felt sad and wondered why he would ask her to come if he was having a better time with his ex.
   When they went outside after wards, she noticed there were a lot of cars compared to the number of people inside, she didn't really catch on that there were people making out in the cars, and Jack thought she was joking, realized she wasn't and said "You're a good kid, Angie."

On the way home, she thought she was a terrible date, and thought he confirmed it when he said he was going to be out of town for a few days in Green Bay to see his cousin. Yet to her surprise he asked if she would go to the first country Club dance of the summer, next Friday.

First date- 17th summer

In this part of the story, Angie is working in her mother's garden in the front lawn picking vegetables to eat, when she hears Jack behind her asking if they need any doughnuts or pastries ( he works in his father's bakery). She becomes flustered because for a boy to see a girl untidy was to be undignified. He stick around for a little bit and he tells her that he asked for her name when he saw he at McKnight's. He then asks her if she's going steady. Steady means if she's seeing any body regularly, like dating someone. She say no, and he asks if she wants to go sail boating that night. She said she would ask her mother, and he would have his answer by. He said he would call at that time, and say, "No girl has ever been in our boat before so you'll be the first. Something kind of special."
       The the next paragraph says; "That was the first time i ever really talked to Jack. When I went back into the garden to get my shoes I noticed how the little tomato plants seemed to be striagtening in the sun. And there were small paper thin blossoms on the new pea plants."  She then goes into her mothers room later on, and asks her if she could go, her mother responds she what your sister (Lorraine) thinks, and fix the curtain. As she headed down stair she heard the phone ring.
             Jack and Angie walk out to the lake and he geld her hand when they reached the boat. Jack's friend Swede controlled the boat as they headed out on the lake while Angie and Jack sat on the bow, waiting to find the moon. Jack tried to light his cigarette but could get it to light because of the wind, so Angie put some canvas over their heads to block the wind.  She felt the urge to kiss him, but didn't because she didn't want to be fast "fast" or rude, in case he didn't want to.  He walked her home and Angie could talk because she didn't want to babble, so he said good-night and left.

Seventeenth Summer

 Pages read- 43
The Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly is about a girl named Angie Morrow in the 1940s. Its about her summer before she goes to college, and how she breaks down her relationship with hotshot Jack. She soon learns that he's more than his high school rep and really starts to open up to him. It starts out as her entering the general store, which is a usually hangout to get a coke with friends, to get some stuff for her dad. She looks over to the booths and sees all he people having a good time, and realizes that she never really fit in like the rest of her peers.

 So far i liked this book because of the detail, it describes everything in the room, from the smell to the cracked leather booth seats.But when i first started ready this i was a little confused, when i bought it, it said 2010 copy write on the bind. So when i started reading i was confused by the way they talked and how everything was set up. So when i looked at the copywrite again i realized that i looked at the cover copywrite and not the publish date which was 1942. So i had my doubts but i continued ready anyways.

the "beach"

Pages read - 42

After the last day of school Lena, Ethan, and Link decide to go to the beach. But when everyone in the school reached to parking lot they realized that everyone's tires, except Lena's were slashed. So  the three of them piled into Lean's hearse and headed for the beach. After having a great time there Ethan and Lena start to make out while Link is in the water. Ethan starts to feel unpleasantly warm and starts to realize that Lena accidentally caught them on fire with her casting. She then runs away because she thinks she's going to eventually become her mother and kill Ethan. She runs into the swamp, but as Ethan tries to catch up with her she throws trees and logs in his path to create distance. When he reaches the highway he only sees Lena jumping onto John Breeds motorcycle.