Summer At Forsaken Lake
Summer at Forsaken Lake
Summer At Forsaken Lake
Maggie Kneen, Michael D. Beil
With their father en route to Africa for Doctors Without Borders, city-kids Nicholas and younger twin sisters Haley and Hetty are off to spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at his house on Forsaken Lake. Despite some initial doubts, Nicholas is right at home in the country: he learns to sail, learns about his father as a boy, and makes fast friends with a local-girl, the tomboy Charlie.The summer takes a turn toward the mysterious, though, when Nicholas discovers an old movie that his father made as a boy: it tells the story of the local legend, The Seaweed Strangler, but was never finished. Before long Nicholas wants answers both about the legend, and about the movie. Together, he and Charlie work to uncover the truth and discover some long-buried family secrets along the way.In this lovely middle-grade novel, Michael D. Beil has invoked one of his own favorites, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, as well as other great summer books of years-past.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Nicholas Mettleson is angry when he learns that he and his younger twin sisters will be sent off to spend the summer with their father's uncle in a small lakeside town in Ohio. But, once they get there, it's hard not to like Uncle Nick and his dog, Pistol. The summer seems to promise lots of adventure, from the spectacular view from his bedroom to Uncle Nick giving them sailing lessons on the lake. Nicholas soon meets a friend, Charlie, who can throw a crazy curve ball, and the two of them spend hours sailing together.

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