Strawberry Summer

Rainbow Beauty Series

Author: Kelly McKain

Book 2 in the Rainbow Beauty series

Pages: 352

Published: 2013

Age: 11+

School's out for the summer holidays, but there's no stopping Abbie. With business booming at her family's exciting new venture, the Rainbow Beauty parlour, and heart-throb Marco whisking her off on dates, life is one big whirlwind.

But while Abbie longs to see Dad again, everyone else thinks he should be left out in the cold. Will Abbie's summer be filled with sunshine and strawberries, or are there storm clouds up ahead?

About the Rainbow Beauty Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Peppermint Kiss(2013)
  2. 2.Strawberry Summer(2013)
  3. 3.Blueberry Wishes(2013)

Reading age: 11+ years

This series should be read in order.

Abbie's life feels like one big rain cloud since her parents split up. Now she lives with her mum and sisters in a grotty flat, in a whole new part of the country. Only new friends, Ben, Summer, and gorgeous, guitar-playing Marco, offer her a silver lining.

A heart-warming series about a family who sets up a homemade cosmetics business against all the odds, amidst plenty of dramas, highs and lows. A perfectly pitched bridge between junior and young adult fiction, especially for 'tween' girls with an interest in beauty and fashion.