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Season of Ice

by Diane Les Becquets

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Genesis father ventures out on a lake in Northern Maine for one last catch of the season—and he never returns. As the lake freezes, so too do the lives and hopes of her family.  Because with no body, and no hope of a body until the lake thaws, the family has no access to insurance money and is forced into financial and emotional hardships. But how well did Genesis, or anyone, for that matter, really know her dad? As Genesis extends her shifts at the local restaurant and bar, helps her step mom with her job cleaning schools, assists with the care of her stepbrothers (twins), she also begins an odyssey to unveil the truths behind the rumors of what really happened to her father - rumors of illicit drugs, an affair, and even foul play.

Review:

"A novel in which the main character is named Genesis starts out with a one strike against it, admittedly. But Diane Les Becquets' 17-year-old heroine is made of sterner stuff than her New Age name suggests — and has bigger things to worry about. She lives in northern Maine with her half brothers, her stepmother and her father, Mike, a tree 'de-limber' for a timber company, and gets her thrills unleashing... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review)

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The author of the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Award winner "Love, Cajun Style" returns with a taut, engrossing story of how a teen girl must cope with not knowing what has happened to her father.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781599900636
Author:
Les Becquets, Diane
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Author:
Becquets, Diane Les
Author:
Les, Diane
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Fathers and daughters
Subject:
Missing persons
Subject:
Social Issues - General
Subject:
Stepfamilies
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-General
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Subject:
Mysteries & Detective Stories
Subject:
Social Issues - Death & Dying
Subject:
Family - Parents
Copyright:
Publication Date:
20080131
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.00x5.52x1.05 in. .80 lbs.
Age Level:
12-UP

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