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Mistik Lake

Martha Brooks

Type:

Fiction

Categories:

Romance | Social Themes | Family

Theme:

General

Language:

English

Publisher:

Groundwood Books Ltd

Grade Level:

9

Age Range:

14

Where to buy it

Amazon
Apple Books
Indigo

Description

A stunning novel about what happens when you don't follow your heart, and the lies and secret suffering that can continue to haunt you.

Canadian Library Association YA Book of the Year

In 1981, sixteen-year-old Sally McLean is in a car full of teenagers when it plunges through the ice to the bottom of Mistik Lake. Sally is the only survivor.

Many years later, Sally's teenaged daughter, Odella, is left wondering whether the accident is to blame for her mother's life as a sad alcoholic who eventually abandons her family and flees to Iceland with another man. When Sally suddenly dies in an accident, Odella, her father and her two younger sisters are almost overwhelmed with grief and confusion, until three people provide help and healing in unexpected ways.

Contributors

MARTHA BROOKS is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published in Spain, Italy, Japan, Denmark, England, Germany and Australia, as well as in Canada and the United States. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Formats

ISBN13: 9780888997524

Publication Date: 05/01/2007

Price: $14.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781554986248

Publication Date: 05/01/2007

Price: $9.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781554980260

Publication Date: 05/01/2007

Price: $14.95 CAD

Awards

Publishers Weekly Best Books 2007Commended

McNally Robinson Book for Young People AwardShort-listed

Booklist Top 10 Romance Fiction for YouthCommended

NYPL Books for the Teenage ListCommended

CCBC Choices 2008Commended

CLA Young Adult Book of the Year AwardWinner

Quill & Quire Books of the Year 2007 ListCommended

OLA Best Bets - Reading for Young Adults (Fiction)Commended

CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens 2008Commended

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