The Drowning Summer
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
In this contemporary fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of All of Us Villains, two girls find themselves drawn to each other while using their supernatural powers to solve a crime—until things take a deadly turn.
Six years ago, three Long Island teenagers were murdered—their drowned bodies discovered with sand dollars placed over their eyes. The mystery of the drowning summer was never solved, but as far as the town’s concerned, Evelyn Mackenzie’s father did it. His charges were dropped only because Evelyn summoned a ghost to clear his name. She swore never to call a spirit again.
She lied.
For generations, Mina Zanetti’s family has used the ocean’s power to guide the dead to their final resting place. But as sea levels rise, the ghosts grow more dangerous, and Mina has been shut out of the family business. When her former friend Evelyn performs another summoning that goes horribly wrong, the two girls must uncover who was really behind the drowning summer murders—and navigate their growing attraction—before the line between life and death dissolves for good.
Beautifully written and enticingly witchy, The Drowning Summer is an eerie story perfect for reading under a full moon.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Herman's (All of Us Villains) atmospherically told tale of the supernatural, 16-year-old fashion designer Mina Zanetti wants to join the family business—not the Italian American catering company that her mother, Stella, runs in Long Island suburb Cliffside Bay, but the Zanetti clan's work as mediums transitioning ghosts from one world to the next. Hoping for some on-the-job training, Mina accompanies Stella to Sand Dollar Cove, a beach where three high school juniors were killed six years prior in a never-solved case, and where Stella uses saltwater to communicate with ghosts of the dead. Meanwhile, Mina's former friend Evelyn Mackenzie, also 16, heads to the Cove to summon a spirit, hoping that it will remove evidence that she has cheated on a test. But her clumsy efforts cause trouble for the teens, both bisexual and white-cued, who recall a previous summoning that ended their friendship. The author ticks a wide range of age-bracket and genre standbys—troubles with parents, a past mystery, and false accusations—but wider-world problems, including pollution, add layers and originality to the plot. Ages 14–up.
