When 14-year-old May Duhane is forced to joinher father and sister for a summer on a small coastal town, she isresentful and feels isolated. Her neighbour Leonie Beam sharesMay's feelings, as she too is consumed by her own sense ofisolation. When May discovers the diary of a dead girl her own age,the past begins to weave into the present, unraveling a mystery andrevealing destiny. Moon Island is Rosie Thomas's poignant coming of age tale that hasthe lives of two girls juxtaposed in a haunting creation ofshifting atmospheres and unpredictable fate.
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