Summer at Forsaken Lake cover art

Summer at Forsaken Lake

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

Summer at Forsaken Lake

By: Michael D. Beil
Narrated by: Thomas Vincent Kelly
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £12.31

Buy Now for £12.31

About this listen

 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. Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Vehicles & Transportation

Critic reviews

Kids' Indie Next List, Summer 2012
No reviews yet