From: Susan Kusel <susankusel>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 17:37:14 -0700 (PDT)

  One of my very favorite summer books is "Susan's Special Summer" by Kathleen Voute. It was the first book I was able to read all by myself. Since my name is Susan, it was even more special because it felt like it was written just for me. It's about a girl who goes with her family to a summer cottage, to enjoy the summer before her baby brother is born.
     It's been out of print for years... it was published in 1954 by Abingdon-Cokesbury Press and was handed down to me by my mother who read it when she was in elementary school. I've asked librarians and other book people about it, but no one except for my mother and I seems to have heard of it. I kept meaning to post this during the childhood books discussion, but since it is also relevant to summer books, I'm glad for an opportunity to post it now.
    So, has anyone out there ever heard of Susan's Special Summer?
  -Susan Kusel
   
Received on Thu 06 Jul 2006 07:37:14 PM CDT