Who is Summer Tanberry ?
Summer Tanberry 's parents are divorced. Her mother is on a honeymoon with Paddy, Summer's stepfather, so she is staying with her grandmother.
She is trying to make her one and only dream to come true. That of becoming a ballet dancer by preparing for an important audition. Although her weight is normal, Summer becomes obsessed with being slim and stops eating.She also starts thinking that her old ballet friend Jodie is trying to trick her into being fat, and having a bad shape like her.
Summer may have harmed herself by not eating because she came from an emotionally troubled background.
Alfie, wanting to become a chef in the future used to help her by preparing some healthy meals which Summer liked.He was caring and really wanted to help Summer, even though she made it hard for him. Summer used to get angry with her friends when they tried to warn her that she might be harming herself by not eating.
-Read Summer's Dream to find out more
-Book review by Annika Micallef