Seventeenth Summer is a young adult novel written by Maureen Daly and published in 1942. It is considered Daly's debut novel, and is considered one of the earliest entries of young adult fiction. Plot summary Seventeenth Summer is a book about a 17-year-old girl named Angeline "Angie" Morrow. It takes place in the early 1940s in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Angie gets asked out on her first date by local high school basketball star Jack Duluth. They fall in love, knowing that Angie has to leave for college in Chicago in the fall and Jack is moving with his family to Oklahoma to help his uncle with the bakery business. Jack falls in love with Angie, but Angie never says that she loves him back, so the question is, does she? Although Jack spontaneously proposes to Angie at an end-of-summer party, they both know they are too young. The novel ends with a heartfelt goodbye at the train station: Jack gives Angie his class ring and Angie goes away to school, knowing she will never forget Jack or her seventeenth summer. Characters Main characters Angeline "Angie" Morrow: Main character and narrator of the novel. She dates Jack and the book shows their young love. Her family is very proper, and although she starts hanging out with a rougher crowd, she remains proper and wholesome throughout the novel. While the book tells much about Jack's feelings for Angie, she rarely records expressing her love to Jack. Jack Duluth: The star of the high school basketball team and Angie's boyfriend. Lorraine Morrow: Angie's sister, who has been away at college and is home for the summer after her sophomore year. She dates frequently in college but not as much while she is home. Margaret Morrow: Angie's sister. She is the most popular of all the sisters. She is connected with all the right people. Martin Keefe: Lorraine's summer boyfriend. He is rude, always asking her out at the last minute and finally standing her up and disappearing. Kitty Morrow: Angie's youngest sister, age 10. Minor characters Mrs. Morrow: Angie's mother, a stay-at-home mother with a strong sense of propriety. Mr. Morrow: Angie's father, a traveling salesman who is not often home. Art: Margaret's fiance. Tony Becker: A boy with a reputation for being fast with girls. Angie goes out with him once. Jane Rady: The girl Jack used to date off and