LAUREN'S BEACH CRUSH
BY ANGELA DARLINGSERIES: CRUSH
SIMON SPOTLIGHT
Lauren likes Charlie. Does he like her back?
Lauren Silver is ready for her annual family vacation. Aside from the sun and sand, she’s thrilled to be reunited with her gorgeous summer crush, Charlie Anderson. Sure, she’s only spoken to him once, for exactly thirteen seconds, but she knows they’re meant to be together. She’s even spent all year developing “The Love Plan” to get Charlie to fall for her. But, plans don’t always work out and Lauren has to face a very tough reality of crushes: Sometimes they are not mutual. Can Lauren survive vacation and her first crush?