Nantucket Blue

Nantucket Blue follows Cricket Thompson as her planned perfect summer on Nantucket with her best friend, Jules, is upended by a devastating family tragedy. This event not only strains her friendship with Jules but also forces Cricket to take on a job cleaning houses to support herself. Amidst these challenges, she experiences the complexities of first love with someone unexpected. The book explores themes of grief, resilience, the evolving nature of friendship, and the journey of self-discovery, all set against the picturesque backdrop of a summer island. It's a poignant story suitable for middle schoolers and early high schoolers, offering a realistic look at growing up and facing adversity.

For Cricket Thompson, a summer like this one will change everything. A summer spent on Nantucket with her best friend, Jules Clayton, and the indomitable Clayton family. A summer when she'll make the almost unattainable Jay Logan hers. A summer to surpass all dreams. Some of this turns out to be true. Some of it doesn't. When Jules and her family suffer a devastating tragedy that forces the girls apart, Jules becomes a stranger whom Cricket wonders whether she ever really knew. And instead of lying on the beach working on her caramel-colored tan, Cricket is making beds and cleaning bathrooms to support herself in paradise for the summer. But it's the things Cricket hadn't counted on--most of all, falling hard for someone who should be completely off-limits--that turn her dreams into an exhilarating, bittersweet reality. A beautiful future is within her grasp, and Cricket must find the grace to embrace it. If she does, her life could be the perfect shade of Nantucket blue.