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Emma Saylor doesna�TMt remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges.
Now ita�TMs just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable . . . until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mothera�TMs family that she hasna�TMt seen since she was a little girl.
When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is also divided into two people. To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.
Then therea�TMs Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her familya�TMs history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. Ita�TMs hard not to get caught up in the magic of North Lake a�" and Saylor finds herself falling under Rooa�TMs spell as well.
For Saylor, ita�TMs like a whole new world is opening up to her. But when ita�TMs time to go back home, which side of her a�" Emma or Saylor a�" will win out?
Age Range: 13 and up | Grade Level: 8 and up | Lexile Measure: HL660L