Shadowed Summer
Author: Saundra Mitchell
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: February 10th, 2009
ISBN 10: 0385735715
ISBN 13: 978-0385735711
Nothing ever happened in Ondine, Louisiana, not even the summer Elijah Landry disappeared- that was an incident, and one most everybody forgot. But fourteen-year-old Iris Rhame, certain she saw his ghost in the town cemetery, is determined to find out the truth behind “The Incident With the Landry Boy.”
What Iris doesn’t realize is that in a town as small as Ondine, every secret is a family secret.
Whispers about Shadowed Summer…
“Utterly amazing and beautiful, this story still haunts me.” - Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth
“A beautiful confection of deftly handled prose, mystery and extremely lovable characters.” - Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon’s Lexicon
“Ondine, Louisiana is sleepy, and some of its characters are dead, but the language [of Shadowed Summer] is delightfully alive.” - Luke Wallin, award-winning author of The Redneck Poacher’s Son and The Slavery Ghosts
“This splendid novel will stay with readers for a long time.” -JLG Monthly
“Teen readers will appreciate the suspenseful plot and the tragic story.” -Kirkus Reviews
“Good ghost stories are, like ghosts, a little thin on the ground in these times, and readers will be pleased to find this atmospheric reaffirmation of the power of a good haunting.” - Center for Children’s Books
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