Alex and Kyle are brothers who visit their Russian grandparents in the Catskills every summer. Katie and Julie are sisters who also visit their own Russian grandparents right next door. The summers are so far removed from their "real" lives during the school year that they even go by their Russian names. They have known each other forever, but as they grow up, their relationships change with Alex and Katie becoming a summer-only romance. Julie would like the same with Kyle, but he is resistant to the idea. Their lives back home are very different with Alex being an angry and abusive young man toward his brother, his mother and every girl who crosses his path. Katie's life is changed when she gets drunk at a party and suffers a humiliating attack.
This was a disturbing look at two dysfunctional families and how they treat each other. Young adult fiction may be too much for me!
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