I don't know who it is that selects the books on the 'Libraries Recommends' table but these days I rarely get far beyond it as the choices are so good. This last one finally dragged me away from the historical novels and I was plonked right back in the present in the company of a very quirky teenager. Linda lives in a town near Duluth Minnesota, very close to Lake Superior and not too far from the border with Canada. She enjoys her outdoors lifestyle and is happy trekking through the woods or setting out on the local lake in her canoe. Her family used to be part of a religious community that lived together in the woods, but most of the members eventually moved away and she rejoined mainstream life. Across the lake from Linda's family's lot there is a lodge that has been rented by a family with a little boy, but the father seems to be away most of the time. Linda often sees the mother and child and becomes friendly with them to the point that the mother, Pa...