“When Portia sets out for a visit with her cousin Julian, she expects fun and adventure, but of the usual kind: exploring in the woods near Julian’s house, collecting stones and bugs, playing games throughout the long, lazy days.
But this summer is different.
On their first day exploring, Portia and Julian discover an enormous boulder with a mysterious message, a swamp choked with reeds and quicksand, and on the far side of the swamp…a ghost town.
Once upon a time the swamp was a splendid lake, and the fallen houses along its shore an elegant resort community. But though the lake is long gone and the resort faded away, the houses still hold a secret life: two people who have never left Gone-away…and who can tell the story of what happened there.”
Kahla initially had recommended this book to me. It has a very interesting set up which makes me interested to keep reading it. It is different than the stories I usually read but I'm finding it worth while.
ReplyDeleteI am still reading this book. The beginning starts out slow but eventually gets better.
ReplyDeleteSo, it sounds like you like this. Any favorite characters? Favorite parts? Have you gotten to the part where they are intoduced to Mrs. Cheever?
ReplyDeleteThere's also a second book, Return to Gone-Away. I want to read it. :D
I haven't really grown to like many of the characters yet. It has introduced Mrs. Cheever. I feel like there is something off about the plot.
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DeleteBook update: I have continued this book since last week. I am still thinking that the plot has some weird twist to it. The time the book takes place is not stated so I am unsure if the place at Gone Away is located in earlier years. If so then I am thinking that Mrs.Cheever could possibly be a ghost, or that there is some slower aging in Gone Away.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading Gone Away, I am continuing to read Hershey and it't History. It gets slightly annoying because it is a piece on research and I don't normally read those.