Its body included many of the usual elements of a love story: the first kiss, problems in the relationship, and a fairy-tale ending. I enjoyed reading this novel because of its simple, easy to follow plot. Even with the different language use back then, I liked many parts of this book. It could also fit into historical fiction too though because it was written around half a century ago and uses some different slang, lingo, words, and some phrases that people today might not use or even understand.

Which is a message that shows up a lot in all genres of books.ĭaly’s book is definitely a romance but in a broader category, I would classify this novel as realistic-fiction. Just don’t give up if it means so much to you. As in, if you want something really bad, if you try your hardest, and you put all your heart into it, then you are going to get. It is a simple message in life has showed up in many books before. With the original story line of a girl falling in love for the first time, there are many parts of the book that I like and do not like.Īlthough Seventeenth Summer has many different themes or main ideas, I believe one theme sticks out the most. The plot also contributes to it's over all outward appearance. This book is almost a classic because of the time period it was written in and the setting of the story. Seventeenth Summer, written and published in 1942 while author, Maureen Daly, was in college, is a teenage love story taken place in Wisconsin Angie, a seventeen year-old girl who never dated until this summer when she met Jack Duluth, is the main character in the story.

Seventeenth summer by maureen daly