Boys of Summer (Penrod)

For college junior Shawn Carpenter, life was work, family, and paying penance for sins of the past. Then a friend introduces him to God and invites him to join a college youth group, and his world turns upside down. Suddenly he's surrounded by new friends, has a new job, and finds himself attracted to the unobtainable boss's daughter, Jenny Clearwater. He thinks his life is looking up, but soon he sends his best friend away in anger, faces charges of harassment at work, and exposes secrets from his past that threaten everything. As this new life falls apart around him, suddenly he's not sure his new God has a great plan for his life after all. Adventure, danger, romance… Welcome to the Boys of Summer, the Christian series for teens and anyone who appreciates the challenges of stepping into adulthood.

Needing to escape from a painful family situation, college junior Matt Tucker jumps at a chance to lead horse rides at a Mexican Christian summer camp with his uncle. He isn't sure how he feels about God at the moment, but anything is better than watching his parents come apart. What he doesn't bargain for is teammates. As he shares his summer with an uncle who knows too many of his secrets, a guy who's grieving, a seminary student, and a girl who instantly dislikes him, he decides being home might not be so bad. But Matt is lost, and God wants him found, so he deals with everything from sick roommates to being lost in a foreign marketplace to getting stuck in Mayan ruins as he opens up to new friends and a new relationship with God. The hardest part of the summer, though, is that eventually it will be over, and he wonders how to take everything he's learned and fit it into his old life. Maybe God wants more from Matt than just one summer... Yucatan Cowboy is book two in the Boys of Summer series, books for teens and the young at heart.

Seth has always fixed everyone else. Now it's his turn to be broken. Returning home from a mission trip to Mexico, seminary student Seth Roberts is tired, grieving, and wondering what God is doing in his life. To make matters worse, he has promised to help friend and college student Tom Van der Haas host a party of teenage girls at Tom's uncle's beach house for spring break. He hopes to tell his troubles to his best friend Shawn Carpenter, who is also visiting the beach house, but Shawn and his wife Jenny are almost as troubled as Seth himself. The girls put on an extravagant scavenger hunt to add adventure to their trip, and Seth jumps in with both feet, dealing with a stalker, a homeless stranger, and even a supposedly haunted house to distract himself from his broken heart. His friends and the girls hope they can help him see God's real plans for Seth before he makes mistakes that can't be fixed. Enjoy Spring Break on a Florida beach in book six of the Boys of Summer series for teen readers and the young at heart.

Jake Branigan is the pastor's kid, and everyone thinks they know him. What they don't know is how tired he is of his boring, normal, predictable, respectable life. Even living in an apartment with friends Stephen and Matt doesn't help with the feeling that he's missing something. However, Jake's dad is about to misstep, and the pastor's kid has to figure out what to do once his dad is no longer a pastor. Follow Jake on a journey of discovery as he deals with work, friends, girls, and a new quest for purpose once his old world is stripped away. From an old man to an old house to a possum skeleton, God has a lot of lessons to throw at Jake to teach him about his real identity. Knowing Jake is book nine in the Boys of Summer series, Christian romance and drama for teens and the young at heart.

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Matt Tucker and Dana Schneider, as seen through the eyes of Tony Carpenter. Last seen in Courting the Clearwaters, Shawn Carpenter's little brother Tony is now in high school, and he's tired of living in his perfect big brother's shadow. He wants to be his own person, but honestly, right now he's not doing that well as his own person. His family loves him, but they also tend to forget he exists, and the way he's messing up his life, that might not be such a bad thing. The new girl who moves in across the street, though, knows he exists, and he finds himself attracted to her, even though she has a few issues he can't understand at all. And his best friend knows he exists and uses that knowledge to get Tony into trouble that could shoot down his plans for senior year and college and the rest of his life, so maybe in that relationship it would be best to be forgotten.Through the events surrounding a wedding, though, he will learn that it's possible for him to climb out of Shawn's shadow and be the man God wants him to be, and that's more important than simply existing in anyone else's eyes. Second Son is the tenth book of the Boys of Summer series for Christian teens and the young at heart.

When Marley Owen's stepdad attacks him, his mother puts him on a bus and sends him halfway across the country to stay with his sister and her kids. As a recent high school graduate, Marley is lost and alone in a new city, no idea how to deal with his difficult, free spirit sister or her collection of children. But his sister lives in Stephen Valentino and Jake Branigan's building, and God has a plan for him. Pretty soon he's working for Stephen, making friends, and talking to a girl. Still, his home life is broken, and he has no use for all the religion his new friends spew, especially in light of the hopeless situation he lives every night after work. Sometimes, though, to reach through a hard shell, God has to use a sledgehammer, and before Marley can find any healing in his life, he might have to live through a few shattering experiences that make him question everything in his entire world. Book eleven of the Boys of Summer series, romance and drama for teens and the young at heart.

Adventure, danger, romance… Welcome to the Boys of Summer, a contemporary Christian series for teens and anyone who appreciates the challenge of stepping into adulthood. This collection includes the first four books of the series in one convenient ebook volume. Courting the Clearwaters-College student Shawn Carpenter is new to Christianity, and when he finds himself surrounded by new people, new purposes, and especially a new girl, he has to decide whether to bare his secrets and get involved or return to his old life of hiding and paying penance for past mistakes. Yucatan Cowboy-When Matt Tucker offered to lead horse rides at a Christian camp in Mexico to hide from a messy family life, he didn't count on having to live with a team all summer. Between his uncle who knows all his secrets, a guy who's grieving, and a girl who instantly dislikes him, Matt wonders if it wouldn't have been easier just to stay home. Cross Country-Eric Van der Haas hasn't seen much of his brother since they lost their mom years ago. This summer he's thrown into an RV with him and asked to cross the country. Joined by his best friend Samantha and his brooding, angry younger cousin Brenda, he expects this to be the worst summer of his life, but maybe God is planning some new beginnings. Measuring Up-Friends call Tom Van der Haas the big brother to the world, but he knows he's just a difficult person who struggles to keep friends at all, and he knows it won't be long before roommates Matt and Eric figure that out. But this semester his friends will need him, and learning to see himself as his friends see him could become a matter of life or death.

Adventure, danger, romance… Welcome to the Boys of Summer, a contemporary Christian series for teens and anyone who appreciates the challenge of stepping into adulthood. This collection includes the second four books of the eleven-book series. All I Want for Christmas-Unable to get home to the mountains for Christmas, Matt Tucker goes home with Tom Van der Haas for the holidays. Nothing goes as planned, and before the holiday season is over, Matt might have to say goodbye to someone he loves. Wayfarer Beach-Seth Roberts returns from Mexico broken, grieving, and alone, and he immediately offers to help Tom Van der Haas host a spring break week in Florida for teen girls. He has no idea a bunch of girls and a mysterious homeless man can help get his life back on track. Salvaging Stephen-Formerly homeless Stephen Valentino has new roommates, a new job, maybe even a new girlfriend. Unfortunately, a few secrets from his old life could ruin it all. Waylaid-Cherokee "Kee" Jones is no fan of Matt Tucker, but since they work together at the same horse ranch, they're stuck together. Then Matt kidnaps Kee into his life, forcing him to abandon the isolation that was protecting him from a few mistakes in his past.