Enchantment Lake: A Northwoods Mystery - Hardcover

Preus, Margi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816683026 ISBN 13: 9780816683024

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2015

Synopsis

Midwest Book Award Winner - Young Adult FictionA disturbing call from her great aunts Astrid and Jeannette sends seventeen-year-old Francie far from her new home in New York into a tangle of mysteries. Ditching an audition in a Manhattan theater, Francie travels to a remote lake in the northwoods where her aunts' neighbors are "dropping like flies"from strange accidents. But are they accidents? On the shores of Enchantment Lake in the woods of northern Minnesota, something ominous is afoot, and as Francie begins to investigate, the mysteries multiply: a poisoned hotdish, a puzzling confession, eerie noises in the bog, and a legendary treasure said to be under enchantment-or is that under Enchantment, as in under the lake? At the center of everything is a suddenly booming business in cabin sales and a road not everyone wants built. To a somewhat reluctant northwoods Nancy Drew, the intrigue proves irresistible, especially when it draws her closer to the mysteries at the heart of her own life. What happened to her father? Who and where is her mother? Who is she, and where does her heart lie-in the bustle of New York City or the deep woods of Minnesota? With its gripping story, romantic spirit, and a sly dash of modern-day trouble (including evil realtors and other invasive species), Enchantment Lake will fascinate readers, providing precisely the charm that Margi Preus's fans have come to expect.

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Review

"After playing a detective on TV, seventeen-year-old Francie travels to idyllic northern Minnesota to help her aunts. People are dying in strange accidents on Enchantment Lake, and the deaths seem to revolve around a treasure--could it be hidden at the bottom of the lake? In this charming first mystery, Francie finds the answers to most of her questions and even a bit of enchantment for herself."
--Mary Logue, author of Lake of Tears and Sleep like a Tiger

"Minnesota's master storyteller Margi Preus gives us another gem of a novel--funny and moving, gorgeously written, and suspenseful. As much as this book is an absorbing mystery, it's also a deeply felt love letter to our uniquely enchanted northwoods. This is a book to lose yourself in."
--Anne Ursu, author of Breadcrumbs and The Real Boy

About the Author

Margi Preus is a New York Times-best-selling author of books for young readers, including Shadow on the Mountain, West of the Moon, and Heart of a Samurai, winner of a Newbery Honor and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. She loved mysteries since she was allowed to stay up past her bedtime to watch Perry Mason with her dad. Enchantment Lake is her first mystery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0816683026
• ISBN 13: 9780816683024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200