The Swallowtail Legacy 1: Wreck at Ada's Reef
- 320 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
Michael D. Beil Libros
Michael D. Beil es un autor cuyas diversas experiencias como marinero, fabricante de velas y abogado han moldeado profundamente su perspectiva. Su verdadera vocación surgió como maestro, donde se ha dedicado a educar a estudiantes y a inspirarse en sus vidas. Esta dedicación es evidente en sus obras creativas, que a menudo exploran los profundos desafíos y la resiliencia de las familias inmigrantes. Su escritura refleja un profundo compromiso con la condición humana y un empeño por dar voz a experiencias a menudo pasadas por alto.
With their father en route to Africa for Doctors Without Borders, city-kids Nicholas and younger twin sisters Haley and Hetty are off to spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at his house on Forsaken Lake. Despite some initial doubts, Nicholas is right at home in the he learns to sail, learns about his father as a boy, and makes fast friends with a local-girl, the tomboy Charlie.The summer takes a turn toward the mysterious, though, when Nicholas discovers an old movie that his father made as a it tells the story of the local legend, The Seaweed Strangler, but was never finished. Before long Nicholas wants answers both about the legend, and about the movie. Together, he and Charlie work to uncover the truth and discover some long-buried family secrets along the way.In this lovely middle-grade novel, Michael D. Beil has invoked one of his own favorites, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea , as well as other great summer books of years-past.
