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A Song for Summer

A Song for Summer
Eva Ibbotson

A Song for Summer is a romance novel by British author Eva Ibbotson, first published in 1997. Eva Ibbotson is possibly best known as an award-winning and prolific author of children's books, but she also wrote many beloved romance novels for the adult market, of which A Song for Summer was the last. This novel and four others were reissued between 2007 and 2009 for the young adult market.

“Not a frog, I hope?” he asked…She shook her head. “No. And if it was I wouldn’t kiss it, I promise you. I might kiss a prince if I could be sure he’d turn into a frog, but not the other way around.”

Eva Ibbotson book A Song for Summer

Source: A Song for Summer

“What are you afraid of then?
Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.”

Eva Ibbotson book A Song for Summer

Source: A Song for Summer

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