An accident, suffered during fourteen-year-old Victoria's train ride back to the city, allows the trouble-prone adolescent to enter her mother's childhood in New York City of the 1940's

Someone puts his hand on my shoulder, and when I turn around my knees almost crumble. It's him. Victoria Martin's in a bad way. Falling for Jim, the school hottie, was just the start of it; now she finds herself caught up in major plots to win him over, while at the same time getting rid of his annoyingly gorgeous girlfriend, Gloria. So when she hears that Jim's going to be spending the whole summer on Fire Island, Victoria knows that this is her chance to be noticed and signs herself up for a summer as a mother's helper there. It's got to work! But Victoria's about to learn that first love can easily collapse into sheer disaster...

Two hundred miles from home, completely on our own, with the easiest work in the world—I can hardly wait!It has to be the best summer of Victoria Martin's life! She and her best friend, Steffi, are going to be waitresses at Camp mohaph, and as far as they can see, that means sunbathing, swimming, wild parties, ...and boys! Well, that's what "they" think! In the real world the staff quarters are shacks, her bosses are slavedrivers, and—typical—she's sharing a cabin with snobby Dena Joyce. But Torrie can just about handle all that. What she "can't" handle, however, is the feeling that she's seriously falling for Steffi's boyfriend, Robbie. Even worse, she suspects he feels the same way. Suddenly the best sumer of Torrie's life looks like it could become a total nightmare!

Fun in the sun—and romance that might be a little shady—fills the pages of this beach-perfect collection from Sweet Valley High and Fearless author Francine Pascal. For Victoria Martin, summer means sunbathing, swimming, wild parties, and…boys! Completely in love with Jim, Victoria signs herself up for a summer job on Fire Island after hearing that Jim plans on spending his sunny days there. It’s the perfect plan—if only she can make Jim forget about his annoyingly gorgeous girlfriend Gloria. But if Victoria isn’t careful, the best summer of her life could become a total nightmare! And the next summer isn’t looking any better either when Victoria accepts a job as a waitress at Camp Mohaph with her best friend Steffi. Thinking it’ll be the perfect time to relax and let loose, Victoria never expects to fall hard for Steffi’s boyfriend, Robbie. And he’s falling for her too. The last thing Victoria wants to do is hurt her best friend, but her feelings for Robbie may be too hard to resist… This collection of sizzling summer romance includes a bonus book: in My Mother Was Never a Kid, you’ll get to meet Victoria when she’s just turned thirteen and is having Freaky Friday–style mother-daughter issues—and forms a friendship that transcends time!