by Eve Bunting · dtv Verlagsgesellschaft · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423781121
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«Sommersprung» is Eve Bunting's young adult novel, published by dtv Verlagsgesellschaft in paperback (188 pages, in German).
Seventeen-year-old Dru joins her school's new craze: jumping into the sea from dangerous cliffs. Toxic relationships and jealousy push more students to take the same risk. The novel revolves around the allure of danger, the strength gained from facing it, and how easy it is to lose one's judgment when falling in love.
Originally published as «Jumping the Nail» in 1991, the German edition of «Sommersprung» came out in 1998 in the dtv pocket pur series (no. 78112).
Reading for young people and adults interested in realistic fiction about social pressure, friendship, and teenage relationships.
Eve Bjørgum Bunting, better known as Eve Bunting, was a Northern Irish-born American writer of more than 250 books. Her work covered a broad array of subjects and included fiction and non-fiction books. Her novels are primarily aimed at children and young adults, but she has also written the text for picture books. While many of her books are set in Northern Ireland where she grew up, her topics and settings range from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Bunting's first book, The Two Giants, was published in 1971. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.
