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The Perils Of Pencil Lake
by Rolla Donaghy
152 pages
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As Ray Marks, a college student, sells his grandfather's Adirondack property, alarming rumors emerge that someone plans to get the farm for free. Ray and his friends work together to identify their opponents and outsmart them, in a diverse community that is not always on their side.
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Category: Fiction:Young Adult
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About the Book
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Flipping his grandfather's Adirondack property seems so easy that 22-year-old Ray Marks takes a month off college to do an earth science project and fix the farm at the same time.
It's a solid place, and being smart, honest and a logical thinker - what more could he need? Alarmed when rumors suggest someone is trying to take the farm for free, Ray and a local high school helper scramble to save the family inheritance and in the process, protect a small piece of nature and the environment.
The novel is a YA, coming-of-age teenage adventure, portraying the values of the next generation struggling in a diverse community that is not always on their side.
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| About the Author |
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Canadian author, Rolla Donaghy grew up in Toronto where she studied theatre arts and music. She worked as an educator in Toronto, Boston and Honolulu with a specialty in reading development. |
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