{"product_id":"see-you-next-summer-w-s-phinlo-9798181303843","title":"See You Next Summer: A Happy Daze Novel","description":"Fourteen-year-old Willa Fairfax has been counting down to\u003cbr\u003eSandbridge for as long as she can remember. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery June, her family packs the minivan in McLean, Virginia, \u003cbr\u003estops at the same McDonald's outside Williamsburg, crosses\u003cbr\u003ethrough the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, and arrives at Happy\u003cbr\u003eDaze - their bright yellow beach house tucked behind the dunes.\u003cbr\u003eThere are rules to the summer: ocean check before unpacking, \u003cbr\u003esoft-serve from Pete's truck at seven, ghost crab hunts after\u003cbr\u003edark, her dad's \"best day yet\" after dinner, and the guestbook\u003cbr\u003ewaiting on the entry table to hold another year of memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the summer of 2003 feels different. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaybe it is the way Willa feels less like the careful girl she\u003cbr\u003eis at home and more like the barefoot version of herself who\u003cbr\u003eonly exists at Happy Daze. Or maybe it is Cade Mercer - the\u003cbr\u003elocal boy behind the counter at the Sandbridge Market, the one\u003cbr\u003ewho knows the tides, fixes her crooked bike, calls her McLean, \u003cbr\u003eand notices things Willa is not ready to admit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCade is not a summer visitor. He is Sandbridge - the quiet Back\u003cbr\u003eBay before sunrise, the ghost crabs at Access 12, the ache of\u003cbr\u003ewatching people leave when September comes. Willa knows\u003cbr\u003eroutines, family traditions, and how to become whoever the room\u003cbr\u003eneeds her to be. Together, over one summer that neither of them\u003cbr\u003ewill forget, they learn what it means to belong to a place, to\u003cbr\u003eanother person, and to the truest version of yourself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut August always comes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by a true story and set against the golden haze of\u003cbr\u003eearly-2000s summer - AIM away messages, burned CDs, disposable\u003cbr\u003ecameras, flip phones, Sun-In, and songs playing through open\u003cbr\u003ewindows - See You Next Summer is a nostalgic young adult beach\u003cbr\u003eromance about the summers that shape us before we know they are\u003cbr\u003eshaping us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd when the towels are folded, the porch swing slows, the\u003cbr\u003eguestbook closes, and the drive home begins, Willa has to leave\u003cbr\u003ebehind the house, the boy, and the summer that changed\u003cbr\u003eeverything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil one AIM message appears after Labor Day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA slow-burn coming-of-age first love story for readers who fell\u003cbr\u003ein love with The Summer I Turned Pretty - See You Next Summer is\u003cbr\u003eBook One of the Happy Daze series by W. S. Phinlo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome summers do not end. They become part of you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. S. Phinlo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181303843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"W. S. Phinlo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852988788991,"sku":"9798181303843","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/see-you-next-summer-w-s-phinlo-9798181303843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}