September 05, 2005
A Northern Light
Just got home from our trip and finished up the last few chapters of A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly, which is the upcoming selection for the Morgan Hill Library's book club.
Not only was it a fantastic book that I would definitely recommend (and a YA one to boot!), but in the "Sources and Suggestions For Further Reading" in the back, Bill's book is mentioned!
Scheffler, William L., and Frank Carey. Big Moose Lake, New York in Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Tempus Publishing Group, 2000.
It takes place (obviously) at Big Moose Lake in the North Woods (aka the Adirondaks) and the back story involves a famous murder that happened there (apparently one of the only exciting things to ever happen there since there are tons of books using it, most famously An American Tragedy). The main story features 16-year old Mattie Gokey, a poor farm girl and promising writer-to-be, who takes a job at the Glenmore (the hotel where Grace Brown was staying when her drowned body was fished from the lake).
Posted by Emily at September 5, 2005 03:41 PM