Local Girl Swept Away, Ellen Wittlinger
Local Girl Swept Away, Ellen Wittlinger
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Local Girl Swept Away

Author: Ellen Wittlinger

Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2016

Synopsis

Set in the Cape Cod village of Provincetown, Massachusetts, this is the story about 17-year-old Jackie's struggle to overcome her grief and confusion after her best friend is carried out to sea during a storm. Lorna had been the dynamic leader of a tight-knit group of four friends - Jackie, Lucas and Finn - and her disappearance changes the dynamics between the surviving three. Jackie is still hiding her feelings for Finn, who had been Lorna's boyfriend, and Lucas has withdrawn to the point where Jackie wonders if he is keeping a secret even larger than her own. Meanwhile the future looms, and Jackie fears leaving the only life she has known.

About Ellen Wittlinger

Ellen Wittlinger is the author of seventeen YA and middle-grade novels. Her novel Hard Love won both a Printz Honor Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her books have been on numerous ALA Best Books lists, Bank Street College of Education lists and state award lists. Ellen has won state awards in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Her work has been translated into many other languages including Turkish, Croatian and Korean. She has taught at Emerson College in Boston and in the Simmons College Writing for Children MFA program.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vanessa

This was a really good mystery / thriller. A girl is swept out to sea when she slips off the breakwater in a storm. All of her friends see it happen. One tries to save her and fails. Of course, not everything is as it seems. The friends struggle with their grief and guilt in different ways. And then......more

Goodreads review by Martalti Moon

ORIGINAL REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY POSTED AT www.martasbookshelf.blogspot.com When I went to the post office to pick up a package I had no idea what contained, I did not know I would end up loving it so much. Local Girl Swept Away was sent to me in exchange for an honest review on my blog, so I want to tha......more

Goodreads review by Maria

2 1/2 stars. I received this book curtesy of MeritPress. "I was a kind of tourist, looking for the remains of my life, taking photos of what we left behind". Without a doubt Ellen Wittlinger is a talented writer; she is able to manipulate words to capture a lot of beauty. I appreciate that. And the way......more

Goodreads review by Karen

Jackie, Lucas and Finn are on the breakwater when their friend, Lorna, is swept away. Her body is never found and the repercussions for the three teenagers are evident. Life goes on, but those left behind slowly learn more about themselves and their shared relationship. There are a lot of complicatio......more

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