![]() ![]() "A thoughtful teen reconnects with her nature-loving father on Cape Cod.įourteen year-old Clare is less than thrilled with her mother's plan to have her spend three weeks on a remote island with her father, Richard: She hasn't seen him in twelve years, and they only speak on Christmas. A good title to bridge middle grade readers to slightly more mature stories and narratives." - School Library Journal-Journal This is not such a deficit, as the delivery of the book's themes-environmental destruction and sexual acceptance-aim squarely at younger teens. Although Clare is supposed to be 15, her dialogue-both interior and exterior-reads far younger. Clare wonders if she'll be able to connect with this man with whom she shares biology but little else. There's barely a road and no cell reception on the tiny island off Martha's Vineyard where he lives, and the summer residents know him simply as an eccentric whose obsession with turtles stands in the way of their grand houses. ![]() "While her mother goes off for her honeymoon with her third husband, Clare is shipped off to spend the summer with her father, a man she hasn't seen since she was three. ![]()
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