A dazzling and evocative novel about love and losswith a dash of thrilling mysteryfor fans of Mindy McGinnis and Courtney Summers. Owl has always been her freest self in the mountains, tracking, hiking, and exploring the steep forested acres of her aunt and uncles maple sugar farm. They never speak of the childhood tragedy that left her partially deaf and sent her father to jail. All Owl wants is to stay safe at the farm, her favorite place in the world, her refuge from those who would treat her differently. Owls sheltered existence is blown wide open by Codythe magnetic, dangerous young man hired to help with the seasons sugaring off. Cody seems to see the real her, to look past her hearing loss in a way no one else does. Together, they find comfort in their similarities and exhilaration in their differences, and risk a romance their families are desperate to stop. But then Owl hears her father will be released from prison, and a seemingly motiveless murder shakes the foundations of her small town. When the crime draws all eyes to Cody, Owl realized he is in far more serious trouble than anyone knowsand its followed him to her mountain.
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Weight: 440g
Dimensions: 142 x 214mm
Publication Date: 01 Nov 2022
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781643752709
About Gillian French
Gillian Frenchs debut Grit was an Indie Next pick a Junior Library Guild Selection an Edgar Award finalist and a South Carolina Young Adult Book Award finalist. It received both a 2018 Lupine Award from the Maine Library Association and a 2018 Maine Literary Award from the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance as well as starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist. Her other novels include The Door to January (Bram Stoker Award finalist) The Lies They Tell (2019 International Thriller Award finalist an Amazon Bestselling New Release in both print and audio editions 2019 Maine Literary Award Winner and 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection) and The Missing Season (2019 Junior Library Guild Selection and a starred review from Booklist). She lives in Maine with her husband and three young boys.