By SUMMER MOORE

Associated Press

"SUMMER and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel" (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins), by Candace Bushnell:

Candace Bushnell, author of "Sex and the City," the book that inspired the HBO series and two movies, has taken on the daunting task of attracting readers to her new young adult series.

"Summer and the City," her second book in the series, is a mixed bag. It is set in the early 1980s. Carrie has just graduated from high school and is planning to attend Brown University in the fall. She's been invited to participate in a writing class in New York City for the summer.

On her first night in the city, Carrie meets party girl Samantha ...

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