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Seven for a Secret

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By Mary C. Sheppard
Publisher Groundwood Books
Seven for a Secret
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In Cooks Cove, a small outport village on the west coast of Newfoundland, summers are short but sweet, and fifteenyearold Melinda expects this one to be no different. Shes looking forward to two idyllic months of garden parties, socials and long talks into the night with her cousins Rebecca and Kate.The cousins have spent summers together ever since they can remember. Rebeccas the goodygoody homemaker. Studious Kate, who lives in the city, is determined not to let a boyfriend get in the way of her plans for the future. Then theres outspoken Melinda, who loves to scandalize the village biddies. The girls are like sisters; they watch out for each other, and nothing can ever come between them.But when a stranger comes to the village and invites Rebecca to go to Boston to develop her artistic talent, the cousins are suddenly exposed to the possibilities of the outside world and the chance to fulfil their latent dreams.

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58433 words58,433 words
192 pages192 pages
Lexile 910LLexile 910L
Published 2002Published 2002

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