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Gr 7 Up—Sixteen-year-old Will is afraid of the dark, so she creates light. More specifically, she creates things that emit light: lamps. Since her parents died in a car accident about a year earlier, she's busied herself with her craft in addition to helping her aunt with the family business, Foxxden Antiques. When a storm comes to town (the titular Whit) and causes a blackout, Will is forced to de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Will (short for Wilhelmina) is afraid of the dark -- understandable, since at night she tends to envision the car accident that killed her parents. "In the dark, there's no avoiding or hiding. It's just you and your thoughts." As the one-year anniversary of the accident approaches, in the summer before her senior year, Will keeps the dark and her grief at bay by creating one-of-a-kind lamps from knickknacks salvaged from her aunt's antique shop and spending time with...Log In or Sign Up to Read More