A Summer of Silk Moths

By Willey, Margaret

Publishers Summary:
People can't always tell everything. Sometimes they have to leave things out so that they can recover. Start over. So that people will still be able to love them. Seventeen-year-old Pete Shelton's life revolves around helping his friend Abe McMichael build Riverside, a nature preserve dedicated to the memory of Abe's brother, Paul. Then one summer a troubled runaway shows up—a girl named Nora who claims to be Paul's daughter. All her life, Nora has lived with secrets and lies, never knowing anything about her father. Although enemies at first, Pete and Nora slowly begin to piece together their shadowy pasts . . . and discover that their lives intertwine in a way they never imagined. "A Summer of Silk Moths gives us the bewilderment and wonderment that real growth always brings, in a setting as fresh and tender as a new green leaf."—Kathe Koja, bestselling author of Buddha Boy "A thoughtful, complex and moving story about loss and discovery of identity, love and the ability to change and the restorative powers of nature."—Kirkus Reviews An Honor Book for the 2010 Green Earth Book Awards in the category of Young Adult Fiction.

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ISBN
978-0-73871-540-7
Publisher
Flux


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Reviewed on January 1, 2010

Gr 9-Up Seventeen-year-old Pete Sullivan's world is turned upside down when a mysterious runaway girl shows up at the nature preserve where he works. Nora claims to be the niece of Pete's coworker and mentor, Abe, and says that Riverside was built in her father's memory. Pete struggles to determine if it's worth the effort to dig through Nora's hostility and get to know her. Along the way, the two discov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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