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Gr 5-8 This novel of a young girl's efforts to sort out her tangled family history falls flat. Beautiful (if lengthy) descriptions of coastal Maine, where Evie and her two brothers live with their grandmother in her bed-and-breakfast, set the scene, and plenty of potentially interesting characters are introduced. The adoption of a stray cat, mysterious paintings that appear in a hidden cave, a reluctant friendship with a summer visitor, the accidental death of a demented artist, a recurring nightmare, and the discovery that her absent fat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More