08/01/2024

Reading Level: Grade 2 - 3 • Interest Level: Grade 9 - 12

The Key to Surviving Summer

Available: 08/01/2024
Author: Sandi Van
Specs: 5 1/2” x 8 1/4” • 200 pp. • Excerpts from other Books within this Series, Written in Verse, About the Author Section, High / Low Content
HC ed.: 9781978597297 • $25.80 | $19.40
eBook: 9781978597310 • $25.80 | $19.40
Pbk. ed.: 9781978597303 • $16.35 | $14.20
It’s the summer before sophomore year, and Moe is stuck in the middle of Nowhere-ville, in a broken-down cottage on Lake Ontario with no one her age for miles. Her neighbor’s grandson, Zeke, definitely doesn’t count. He is only eight, but desperation and loneliness force Moe to follow Zeke on his adventures. After a nasty storm, Moe finds a strange key and begins having visions of a girl roller-skating at sunset and then disappearing into the lake. Moe and Zeke comb the shoreline looking for clues, but when his grandparents find out, they forbid Zeke from spending any more time with Moe. Faced with even more isolation and increasingly vivid visions, Moe must figure out what happened to the mysterious girl and why it forced her temporary hometown into silence.
“Delivers quick pacing and an emotional core with wide appeal. ... A bingeable mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard pick!

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About the Author:
Sandi Van is a writer, counselor, and former special education teacher from Buffalo, New York. She is the author of several young adult verse novels, including Caught in the Haze, Everything It Takes, and Second in Command. Sandi draws inspiration from former students and admires those around her with the bravery to speak up for what they believe in.
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