Martha Brooks Libri

Nel bel mezzo di un violento temporale estivo una giovane sconosciuta piomba in una cittadina di campagna. In fuga, dopo aver preso il furgone del suo ultimo ragazzo, con una borsa piena di soldi rubati e il cuore gonfio di rabbia, Noreen sembra attirare guai. E i guai arrivano presto quando i nuovi errori di Noreen scatenano una serie di disgrazie che scuotono la vita degli abitanti di Pembina Lake. Talvolta però il messaggero più improbabile è portatore di un piccolo miracolo...

“Life is full of surprises, and sometimes the good and the bad get all bunched up together.” Alexandra’s beloved grandfather said this often. But nothing could have prepared her the death of her father – a man she never knew – and his legacy – a cabin on prairie land near an ancient Native American burial ground. It is at the cabin that she meets Lonny, who seems more troubled than Alexandra. Lonny’s stepfather had once owned that very same cabin and land and always wanted it to go to Lonny. But Lonny, tormented by guilty memories and disturbing visions, refused to take it. Who would have thought it would it end up in the hands of a city girl like Alexandra? He tries not to like her, but is drawn to her nevertheless.As their story unfolds, Lonny and Alex are haunted and guided by spirits that draw them to the land and to each other in this moving and tender tale about two unforgettable teens.

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.

Ein Jahr nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter kämpft Sidonie mit den Veränderungen in ihrer Familie. Während ihr Vater in der Arbeit aufgeht und Roberta überfordert ist, versucht sie, mit ihren Erinnerungen umzugehen und sich in ihrer ersten Liebe zu Kieran zurechtzufinden. Die sommerliche Atmosphäre verstärkt die emotionalen Spannungen.