jersey angel

Beth Ann Bauman

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jersey angel
Beth Ann Bauman

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summer

chapter 1
A whiff of seaweed blows in the window from across the bay, and the bed fills with sunlight. I reach for my sunglasses and have myself a long stretch. Maybe tonight will be a good time to see Joey, patch things up, and put a sweet ending on the day. The screen door squeaks, feet dash up the stairs, and the kids charge into my roomMossy with a meatball on a fork and Mimi sloshing Coke from a glass loaded with cubes, just the way I like it. Happy birthday! Mimi shouts, plunking the wet glass on the dresser and jumping into bed with me. Mossy hands me the fork. I couldnt decide. Heated up or not. Cold is de-lish, I say, sitting up and taking a nibble. What service. Gimme. Mimi reaches for my sunglasses. She slips them on, curls on my pillow, and stares up at me. Oh, I wish I was seventeen.
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Youll get there, I tell her. Mimis short for Mimosa. Shes ten. Mossys eight. Mom was married to Tofu Bart when she had them, which should explain the names, and by the way, thats Mimosa as in the flowering tree, not the champagne cocktail. Mossy hands me a leftover valentine with hearts and Be Mine in big loopy letters. On the back hes written Angel, treat yourself to something special and taped three dollar bills. Oh, my little man, I say, throwing an arm around him. He smiles shyly, dropping his eyes. I didnt make a card, Mimi says. And Im broke, but I have a cheer. She gets my shakers from the closet and stands at the foot of the bed in a purple bikini with a dirty white boa looped around her neck. She stamps her foot and waves the shakers. Angel is pretty! Angel is great! Angel is my sister And she goes on dates! Angel has a birthday And well have a cakechocolate! Angel has boobs And theyre not fake. She crashes to the floor in a split. Oh brother, Mossy says.
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Who has fake ones? I say, chewing. Nefertitis mom. She just got them. Theyre bazoombas. Mimi crawls back in bed. So, you like it? On a scale from one to ten? Loved it. Nine. She stretches out on the bed and sighs. If I was seventeen then I could do anything I want. Date boys and be mean to them when I feel like it and nice to them when I feel like it . . . Why do you want to be mean to them? I say. She tilts her head. Because! Im not mean to guys, I tell her. I take a sip of cold, fizzy Coke. Bliss. But you break up with Joey Sardone. Mossy leans over and takes a bite of my meatball. Not because Im mean. Because we need a little break now and then to spice things up. She closes her eyes dramatically, and her cheeks grow rosy. Oh, I want to spice things up! Angel, Mom yells. I lift the screen and hang out the window. Shes standing in front of the house in a lime bikini top and jean shorts, holding a bucket and mop. She has a bandana tied around her hair. Happy birthday, kiddo. She shades her eyes. How is it youre seventeen? That practically makes me an old goat. Hardly, Ma, I say.
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She shrugs. Gravitys getting the best of me. Here we go. The truth is, with her long, dark hair, dark eyes, and upturned mouth, she looks kind of like a forty-year-old Kim Kardashian. We all look like Mom, especially Mimi. Okay, cake later. Now we work. I hate to clean! Mimi yells, squeezing in next to me at the window. Me too! Mossy whines. You think I like it? Mom says. Well do it fast. Lets go. Mossy, where are my rubber gloves? Were you using them again for one of your experiments? Go find them. He rolls off the bed and trudges downstairs. We own three houses on the Jersey shore. Every summer we rent out two to some of the tourists who descend on our little barrier island like a stampede, which means we pile together under one roof. During the off-seasons, at least, we get to spread out and breathe. Mossy and Mimi live with Mom in the House, and I get my own place. But now its time to clear out. I grab a Walgreens bag and start unloading my drawersbikinis, panties, bras, tanks, shorts, jeans. I throw it all in. I wad up my sheets and blanket and shove them in too. Yup, we have three houses. My grandfather, Pop, bought the House years ago; then he won the Next-Door House in a poker game, or so the story goes, and old Mr. Zimmerman, who was a little in love with Mom, or a lot, apparently, left her the Corner Housemy house. So three in a
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row, overlooking the bay. The moolah we make by renting has to last the rest of the year because Mom isnt cut out for nine-to-five, or so she says. Here. Help. I throw Mimi my duffel bag. Take the closet. She steps into my spiky sandals and admires herself. Fierce. I empty the medicine cabinet into a shopping bagundereye concealer, eight tubes of lip gloss, hair gel, Tylenol, a couple of condom packets, and my birth control pills. In the bag it goes. I squeeze out toothpaste and brush my teeth as I chuck in shampoo, soap, three kinds of conditioner, a loofah, and a razor. Mimi puts a sundress on over her bikini and swirls in front of the mirror. Oh, I wish I was you . . . but still me. So basically you? I spit in the sink and toss the toothbrush and paste into the bag. Basically. She teeters over in the sandals and looks up at me, her eyes all dark pupils. Is it exciting to be you? I swish out my mouth with a handful of water. What a question, Meems. Is it exciting to be you? No, she whines. I dont wear mascara. Or have a best friend like Inggy Olofsson. I basically hang out with Nefertiti. We just eat Popsicles and watch TV. Im too pretty to be so boring. She lets out a tiny sigh and collapses to the closet floor. Youre such a snot-nose, I tell her.
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She tips her face up to me. I cant help it. Sure you can. Hang in there. I lean over her and start dropping clothes off the hangers, some of them raining down on her head. One day boys will come a-knocking and everything else too. And then therell be no looking back. How exciting, she whispers. Have I been excited in a while? Maybe not. Maybe Im due. Girls, Mom calls, squeaking open the screen door. Lets get a move on. She turns on the kitchen faucet and a blast of water hits the metal pail.

chapter 2
The mad cleaning spree lasted nearly all day, and we barely made a dent, which is what you can expect when half your crew is kids. And now all of us are under one roof, meaning me and Mimi are sharing a bedroom the size of a large closet, her on a cot smack up against my little bed. Isnt this nice? she said, reaching out across the sheets to hold my hand and chattering away into the night. So thats why its one a.m. and Im wide awake sitting on the front porch in a bikini and shorts, digging my way through a bag of cheddar popcorn, when Moms ex, Tofu Bart, walks up to the house, carrying a blender, of all things. Ive been summoned, he says, holding up the appliance. Now, if your mother asked for the electric mixer I wouldnt be worried, but the blender is bad news. With a deep sigh (poor TB is always sighing), he sits himself on the steps and reaches for the popcorn, though hes not one for the hydrogenated oils. So spill the beans, kiddo. What does she want it for?
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No idea. Icy drinks, maybe, I say, capturing my hair and clipping it with a barrette. See! I told you. Whos she having icy drinks with? Here we go. Listen, I say, patting his knee. Is this how you want to play it? All crazy and jealous? Youll become repellent. Think about it. Did she place a personal ad on Yahoo? She said she was going to. She might have, I half lie. Actually she did, and may she meet a good one quick! I dont tell him that, though. When my mothers between boyfriends the general mood around here is not so good. You know what I think? She met one she likes, and shes inviting him over for icy drinks! Look at the moon, will you. Tonight its golden red and impossibly full, high above us in the night sky. What a beauty. He sighs. It fills me with awe. Me too, I say, nibbling on a kernel. Me too. My hair pops out of the barrette in the humidity and mushrooms around me. Ill tell you what, he says, his hound dog eyes hanging heavy as he stares up at the sky. Your mother is the one for me. My love is such that Im willing to lend my blender, which she requested by email, mind youdidnt even bother to pick up the phoneso that she can have icy drinks with her new beau.

Oh, Bart, youve got it bad. Have some more popcorn, I say, thrusting the bag at him. Poor TB really needs to get laid. What he fails to understand is that he doesnt have a hope in hell with Mom. Shes always exasperated with himrolling her eyes, swishing past him, calling him a dummy. And here he is still smitten, long after the divorce. Everyone asleep? He looks back at the darkened house. All but me. Why not you? Im adjusting to life in the sardine can. You should like living with your family, TB says, shaking a finger at me. You have too much freedom, missy. Youre only seventeen. But an old and wise seventeen, wouldnt you say? He slides his eyes over to me. How old were you when you got the patch from the pediatrician? Thirteen. I had to quit. I smelled like an ashtray. Thats ancient history, though, and Ive been smoke-free for years. I jump up, go around back, get my bike, and walk it over the stones. Well, Ill see you later. I hop on the seat. Where are you off to at this hour looking like that? Go put a shirt on. Pull back that crazy hair. Bart, really, I say nicely. Dont you have enough to worry about?

Be careful, you. And there he sits, clutching his blender. Poor guy. Hey, he yells as I pedal away. Happy birthday!

I ride past the Corner Housemy house! A warm, sticky breeze stirs the air as I ride, but how nice it feels to be out in the night. I left three messages for Joey but he didnt call me back. I considered zipping over on my bike earlier tonight, but what I really wanted was for him to call. Oh, the moon! The blazing moon. I stop and gaze at it and dont see Cork until he pulls up on his bike and squeals his brakes. Just look at that crazy moon, I say. John Cork is one of those people who can smile with his mouth open and not look dumb. Hes wearing a red bathing suit with guard written up the side, and his hairs in a salty dodried slicked back after a swim in the ocean. Hes already pretty tan, though its only June. Just look at that crazy hair, he says, grabbing a handful of my long, curly mop, which grows to twice its usual size in this weather. I could lose a hand in there. Its been known to happen. He smiles, closed mouth this time. Ive known Cork forever, and hes Inggys boyfriend. Funny, theyre both tall, blond, and skinny, though hes golden and shes pale as milk. Why you up? I ask.
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He shrugs. Twizzler? He pulls a package from his back pocket. Sure. I take one, and we stand there yanking and chewing. Sounds like Ings having fun. Cork nods. She and I talked a couple of times today, while I vacuumed the floors and scrubbed the tub, but I wish she was here for my b-day. No matter, well celebrate soon. Inggy and the Os are off on a round of college toursthis time Syracuse, Brown, and some other places I cant remember. Shes headed somewhere good, while Cork and I are probably headed across the bridge to the community college. But Inggy has straight As and the Os have money, and Cork and I are on the lazy side with no moolah. Im not complaining, really. He gives my hair another tug. Watch it, I tease. Then he leans in and gives me a kiss. A soft, slow one right on the lips. Hey there, mister . . . , I say, a little surprised. Just a little mischief in the wee hours. You badass. I smile. Later, Cassonetti, he says, hopping on his bike.

I ride over to Joey Sardones, a little lavender-colored house on the lagoon. The flower boxes under the front windows are overflowing with his moms droopy purple
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and white pansies. Water, they scream, so I give them a drink with the garden hose and then walk around back to Joeys window and put my nose to the screen. Hey, Joe, you awake? Nothing. Hey, Sardi. His mattress creaks. Angel? Yeah, its me. The lagoon laps against the dock in little licks. Get up. For a minute. Man, he says, dragging himself to the window. He has a hairdoit sticks up on one side and the front is mashedand hes shirtless in boxer shorts. He raises the screen and frowns at me. Let me tell you about Joey Sardone. He is something. Hes tall and solid with smooth, hard musclesa middle linebacker on the Ocean Heights High football teamand one of my most favorite people. He has dark hair and dark eyes, and when he lowers those dark eyes, which he does a lot because hes shy, hes all dark lashes. Sometimes I wonder if I love him. But if I have to wonder, then maybe not. I reach in and run my fingers along his bare side. What? he says, flinching. Why so crabby? How about letting me in? I dont think so. Come on. Usually hed be popping out the screen and hauling me inside right about now. Look, he says finally, but he doesnt say anything else, so I lean against the house and wait. He lowers his eyes. You want me. But you dont. Right or wrong?
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Its not like that Right or wrong? he cuts in. Listen Right or wrong? he asks quietly. I fold my arms, and he takes that as a right. Its true; Joey and I break up a lot. I guess I like my freedom too much, but for me its always only a time-out so I can feel like Im back in my life with all the possibilities. I like possibilities. But after a time-out, Im always ready to come back. The thing is, he goes on, you dont really want to be my girlfriend, and now for once I dont want you to be. Really? Really. I search his face, but hes not giving anything away. So who is she? He shakes his head. Theres no one. Seriously? But he wont answer. Well, I say, how about one for the road? Im not going to be some horndog, Angel. I reach in and slide my hand over his. I dont mind a horndog. Nice. Real nice. He swats a mosquito. So this is it? He stares at me for what seems like a really long time until I start to squirm. I look up at the moon, glowing in
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the dark night like an eye watching us. The wind blows back my hair as if giving me a shove, but I cant seem to move away. I really like you, Angel, he says finally. I know. And happy birthday. I was wondering if you remembered. Why are you here? He barely looks at me. I miss you, stupid. Youll stop missing me. Im changing before your eyes, I say, meaning it. Wont you kiss me? Stop. One question. Is it no as in no way, or no as in not now? Go. Dont beg, he says. Sweet dreams, he adds with a poker face. He lowers the screen, and then the bed squeaks as he climbs in. And thats the end of that, apparently.

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chapter 3
On day two of our mad cleaning spree were all hot and in a mood. Plus Moms on a diet and stops every hour to fire up the blender with a Slim-Fast shake or some fruit and ice concoction (Tofu Bart was wrong about the beau, but right about the icy drinks). Do you think its easy to get a date at my age? she says, out of nowhere, holding down the blender lid while the ice whirls at top speed. Her face is sweaty and her hairs in a messy bun. Im eating rice cakes and drinking this junk all to lose a few damn pounds. Do you kids think a woman of a certain age has it easy in this life? Well, she does not! Here we go. Knock it off, Ma, I say. Lots of guys think shes hot. The guy at the sub shop, for one. I remind her. The sandwich guy, for crying out loud? He has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. The old lifeguard guy likes you too, Mimi says. He told Nefertitis dad that you have a sweet can. I heard it with my own ears.
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Hes a whooping bore. She smiles, though, and I know without a doubt that my old lady likes hearing she has a sweet can, and honestly, who doesnt. Dad likes you, Mossy says, plopping his sweaty self on the couch. Off, she yells. I just changed the slipcover. Your dad, pft! Whats wrong with our dad? Mimi demands. Mom pours her icy concoction into a glass and takes a grumpy slurp. Not a thing, but hes not for me. You didnt think so when you married him, Mimi says. Well, I changed my mind, didnt I? So listen. I peel off my rubber gloves. Are we cleaning here or are we yakking You know what I think? Mimi sloshes her sneaker through a wet puddle on the floor. Rice cakes taste like Styrofoam. She does a wobbly pirouette. I wouldnt need to eat Styrofoam if I didnt have three snot-noses, Mom says. Do you know what three pregnancies do to a waistline? Hand me that bucket. Not if you keep calling me a snot-nose. Mimi does a grand pli, waving her dust rag in the air. Now! Mom yells.

So its not a good time, obviously.

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By day Im a cleaning, scrubbing fool, and by night Im living in the sardine can, where I lie on my narrow bed next to Mimis cot, tossing and turning and flipping my pillow for the cool side until its just no use; I cant sleep. Plus Inggys still visiting schools, and worst of all, Joey isnt budging. I thought hed come around. I really did. I want to give him the chance to miss me. Oh, I want him to miss me. One night Im lying in bed, the moon shining in my face, the smell of seaweed blowing in the window, which Im convinced is some kind of perverted aphrodisiac, and try though I might not to, I rise from the top sheet and put on a string bikini and shorts, let down the crazy hair and give it a shake, spritz myself with some jasmine body mist, and slick on the lip gloss. Then, like a horndog, I get on my bike and head over to Joeys. So basically, standing outside his window becomes a regular late-night activity for me. Alongside the Sardones shed are crab nets, a rusted outboard motor, and a wobbly barstool. I move the stool over to the window for our meetingsJoey yawning on one side of the window and me perched on the stool on the other. And it goes something like this: You again?

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Me again. Why are you bugging me? I kind of think if I was truly bugging you, you wouldnt come to the window. Im kinda wondering when youre gonna run out of gas. And not once does he invite me inside.

Were cleaning in the Next-Door House and I send Mimi upstairs to scrub the toilet. When I check on her, shes brushing sparkly purple eye shadow across her lids from a compact she found behind the bowl. How do I look? she asks, fluttering her eyes. You want to turn into a slut? No. Then clean up your act. I swipe at her face with the bottom of my tank top. Get off! she yells, squirming free and jumping on the toilet seat. Now, I want your opinion. On a scale of one to ten, how obnoxious am I? Because Nefertiti says an eight, but Mossy only says seven. Somewhere right around there. I take the sparkle shadow out of her little paw, dust my lids, and blink into the mirror. Pretty! She jumps off the bowl and hugs me. Were you ever obnoxious like me? She tilts up her face. Do you realize, Meems, I say, rapping on her skull,
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that the bennies arrive in two days? Bennies are the tourists (and our renters) who clog up the island all summer long. Theyre called bennies because theyre here for the benefitssummer sun, warm water, the boardwalkand they take over the place, causing traffic jams and long lines in the A & P, Fat Sals pizza, the sub shop, and every store and restaurant along the strip. Worse, they rise bright and early and park themselves on the best spots on the beach. Plus theyre a sight to behold with their zinc oxide noses and peeling sunburns. Picture it: a typical benny takes a wheelie cart up to the beach loaded down with chairs, umbrellas, inner tubes, and Boogie boards, and over their benny shoulders they sling mambo-sized beach bags overflowing with Fritos, towels, thermoses, sunblock. . . . I blend in the shadow with my fingers and hand Mimi the toilet brush. Bennies! The bennies can suck it! She plunges the brush into the bowl and slops water over the side. True, but bennies are how we get our moolah. Mom has a mishmash of jobs that dont bring in much cash. Now, Mossys a different story. The kid works. He doesnt like it one bit, but he parks himself on a step stool at the kitchen sink and plunges his arms into the soapy water, washing every dusty dish, pot, and pan until his fingers are pruny. I come up behind him and dig my chin into the top of his hot, sweaty head. Hows it going, little man? No talking, he snaps.
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Finally we finish. The houses are gleaming, and the first bennies pull up to the Corner House in an SUV loaded with suitcases. The dad benny steps out of the car and stands with his hands on his hips, breathing in the sea air. Just look at him. The fatso, Mimi whispers, standing next to me on the porch of the House. Mom flies out the door and comes back, waving a rent check in the air. And suddenly Im feeling pretty darn good. No matter that Im living in the sardine can and that someones always in the bathroom when I need to get in there. No matter that Mimi is my chatterbox roommate. No matter that bennies walk among us. Summer has officially started, and all these long, sweet days are before us. Inggy will come back soon and Joey will budge. Summer has begun, and I am filled with hope.

You gotta stop, Joey says, coming over to the window. Look, I dont want to come in, I lie. He lowers his eyes. Well, Im not inviting you. I know. A cricket chirps nearby, and its a warm, lush, star-filled night. I lug over the wobbly barstool and take a seat. Did I wake you? Not really.

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So whats new with you, Joe? Tell me something. He rubs his face. Youre giving me assignments now? I miss talking. I miss everything else, but I really miss talking to you. Tell me whats new. I have no idea. He drags his finger against the screen and thinks for a minute. Im really into fancy cheese. Fancy cheese? You asked. Tell me. My cousin Doms working in this new deli in the Heights. Kind of upscale, and I went to a cheese tasting last week and had gruyre and stilton. I wonder if Ive ever had fancy cheese. He shrugs. You probably have a refrigerator full of the usual suspects: American, swiss, provolone, mozzarella, ricotta . . . Exactly. You havent become some cheese snob, have you? Americans okay for like a grilled cheese, right? Listen. I can now tell you without a doubt that American has no excuse for existing. Mozzarella? No soul. Mozzarella has no soul. I fake a gasp. What kind of Italian are you, Joey Sardone? The fancy-cheese-eating kind. I had no idea.

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And my mom doesnt want to know about fancy cheese. So I have to hoof over to the deli to buy my own. Youve never had stilton? I shake my head. Just wait. And for the first time that night he smiles at me. He disappears, and in the dark of his room I can make out his rumpled blanket and his lone pillow and the fan ruffling the edge of his sheet. I know that pillowtoo flatbut how Id like to lay my head on it now. He comes back with a wedge of stilton on a cutting board and lifts the screen and makes a table out of the sill. He serves me a slice on the edge of the knife. Wow, I say. Yeah. Wow, I say again. I know. We laugh with glee. I pop another piece in my mouth. Zingy for sure. I bet we stink. I breathe on him. Well, Im not kissing anyone, he says. I guess Im not either. I try to catch his eye, but he wont look at me. You know, I wouldnt mind some horndog with my cheese. He tries hard not to smile, but it doesnt exactly work, and a slow one creeps onto his face before he can pull it back in. See, I dont like that, he finally says with a straight face. And Im going to tell you why.
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Im all ears. I dont want to sleep around. I want to sleep with my girlfriend. What? Youre a good Catholic now? He shakes his head. I dont even go to Mass anymore, so dont give me that. He thumps his chest. Im speaking from here, from what I know to be right. Um, what about Alyssa? I remind him. Live and learn, Angel. Live and learn. I broke up with Joe in the spring and he briefly hooked up with Alyssa, a pretty, tiny girl on the cheerleading squad who we always put on top of the pyramid when were ambitious enough to make one. Mostly were too lazy, but when we do, Alyssa climbs up and stands shakily with one foot on my back and the other on Carmellas. And before she pitches forward into a perfect somersault she always makes the sign of the cross. Mostly she gets caught at the bottom. So Joey had a fling with her while I was having my own adventures; then Joey and I missed each other too much and patched things up. Well, I say, smoothing down my hair. For the record, I like sleeping with you, and Im not going to feel bad about it. But why dont you want to be with me? he asks, putting down the knife. I dont understand you. Why dont you want a boyfriend? But I do, I say quietly.
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Until you dont. I dont understand you at all. Youre one of my favorite people. Thats no help. And all our cheese happiness is suddenly gone. He wont look at me as we finish off the wedge of stilton. I see the price on the plastic$7.99 for a dinky square thats about four bites worth. I thought you were saving for a car, I say. I am, but now that I know about fancy cheese . . . what can I do? Then theres the cracker issue, I joke. If youre going to have fancy cheese you cant slap it on some cheapo cracker. So that means fancy crackers, right? But hes not listening to me. He picks up the cutting board and starts to lower the screen. Hey, I can take a hint, I say. And for the record, you are an excellent boyfriend. Dont kiss my ass, all right?

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Beth Ann Bauman

is the author of the acclaimed short-story collection Beautiful Girls and the young adult novel Rosie and Skate, which was a New York Times Editors Choice and a Booklist Editors Choice, as well as a Booklist Top Ten for Youth in two categories. She lives in New York City, but will always be a Jersey girl at heart. Visit her at BethAnnBauman.com.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Text copyright 2012 by Beth Ann Bauman Jacket art copyright 2012 by Getty Images All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Wendy Lamb Books and the colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc. Visit us on the Web! randomhouse.com/kids Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at randomhouse.com/teachers Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bauman, Beth Ann. Jersey Angel / by Beth Ann Bauman. 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: Shapely seventeen-year-old Angel Cassonetti, who lives with her younger siblings and single mother in a house at the Jersey Shore, finds it hard to stay away from ex-boyfriend Joey Sardone. ISBN 978-0-385-74020-3 (trade) ISBN 978-0-385-90828-3 (lib. bdg.) ISBN 978-0-375-89900-3 (ebook) ISBN 978-0-385-74021-0 (pbk.) [1. Dating (Social customs)Fiction. 2. BeachesFiction. 3. New JerseyFiction. 4. Italian AmericansFiction.] I. Title. PZ7.B32743Je 2012 [Fic]dc23 2011030915 The text of this book is set in 12-point Goudy. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition Random House Childrens Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.

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Friendship, secrets, lust . . . and growing up

The sun isnt the only thing thats sizzling hot this summer. . . .

Its the summer before senior

year on the Jersey shore and Angel knows adventure awaits her. At the same time, high school graduation looms ever closer, and unlike her best friendwho has a steady boyfriend, good grades, and college plansAngel isnt sure whats next for her. With one boy who only wants to get serious and secrets with another that dont count, unforgettable Angel and this tale from the Jersey shore are sure to make some waves.
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