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17 year old Jaslynn Turner planned on living her last summer before college to the fullest. The summer of '89 heated up with the news of the re-opening of a skating rink called Sweetwater that abruptly closed ten years before. She learns that it quickly became ruled by the best skater in The Bronx, Sweetness. In a story about love, friendship and competition, will Jaslynn have the summer she imagined?
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