Julie Carrick Dalton so beautifully captured what it’s like to be young: skipping across stones, picking each floor board to walk on for the sound it makes so a song is created, a best friend and dog to explore with, adventures both real and imagined and in the case of the characters in this book, living in an area where they were free to explore on their own.
The problem is, the summer boy they meet while off exploring, a person of mystery and possibility, becomes part of their focus. Then an event takes place involving him that forces them t o keep a deep dark secret for years to come. Later in the book the author throws in a revelation that should have been a surprise, but I did see it coming.
The descriptions in this book are amazing and the character development top notch.
There is some cursing, mostly toward the end using the f word and a word I absolutely hate using God’s name. I never like to see that in a book.
The problem is, the summer boy they meet while off exploring, a person of mystery and possibility, becomes part of their focus. Then an event takes place involving him that forces them t o keep a deep dark secret for years to come. Later in the book the author throws in a revelation that should have been a surprise, but I did see it coming.
The descriptions in this book are amazing and the character development top notch.
There is some cursing, mostly toward the end using the f word and a word I absolutely hate using God’s name. I never like to see that in a book.