Lost Lake
By: Sarah Allen Addison
"...life is my book these days. And every summer is a new chapter. Ever read a book that you simply can't imagine how it will end? This place is like that." I really like this quote because it shows that life and books are unpredictable.
Lost Lake is a magical, mysterious place where you can always come to find hope. This book captures the idea of when you loosing everyone close, and everything is falling downhill. Then, realizing that you still have people that care and many memories. The book starts out with Kate and her outgoing creative, Devin. Kate was recently widowed from her husband, Matt. Matt had been the one in the family that made family memories and kept everyone happy. This event had forced Kate and Devin out of their house to live with Kate's selfish mother-in-law, Cricket.
While Kate and Devin were cleaning out their old house, Devin found a post card from "Lost Lake". Kate had spent a summer their when she was twelve with her Great Aunt Eby, who is the owner of this great vacation spot. Kate doesn't have the best memories there. And her mother Quinn and Eby didn't have a great relationship, before Quinn passed away. But Kate and Devin decide to leave Cricket for a while and visit Eby at the lake, and tie up loose ends.
When they get to the lake, many new characters are introduced. This includes Eby, Lisette, Bulahdeen, Selma, Jack Murphy, and many others. They also figure out that Eby is planning on selling the lake, for financial reasons. This is one of the main conflicts in the book. Kate then tries to help invest in the lake with the money she made selling her house.
For the book itself, it was pretty easy to understand. however, it was one of those books that you have to pay attention to every detail. The author like to give part of the details, but not all of them. Then she would tell the rest a few pages later. There was a lot of detail to tie the story together. I think this make it easier to make a movie in your head.
I would recommend this book to 7th and 8th grade students. I would give this book a 4.5 star rating. If you are looking for a book that is challenging, magical, heart warming, and mysterious, I think this is the book for you.
Lost Lake
By: Sarah Addison Allen.
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