âA delectable mixture of ice cream and romance.â âPublishers Weekly (starred review)
âFor fans of Jenny Han.â âSchool Library Journal
âA rare, enjoyable portrait of a woman-run business.â âKirkus Reviews
From the author of The Last Boy and Girl in the World and The List comes a bold and sweet summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream.
Summer in Sand Lake isnât complete without a trip to Meade Creameryâthe local ice cream stand founded in 1944 by Molly Meade who started making ice cream to cheer up her lovesick girlfriends while all the boys were away at war. Since then, the stand has been owned and managed exclusively by local girls, who inevitably become the best of friends. Seventeen-year-old Amelia and her best friend Cate have worked at the stand every summer for the past three years, and Amelia is âHead Girlâ at the stand this summer. When Molly passes away before Amelia even has her first day in charge, Amelia isnât sure that stand can go on. That is, until Mollyâs grandnephew Grady arrives and asks Amelia to stay on to help continue the businessâŚbut Gradyâs got some changes in mindâŚ