Marguerite Gavin
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A family trip to Chesapeake Bay holds life-changing revelations in this Runnymede novel by the New York Times—bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle.
It's August 1952, and seven-year-old Nickel-otherwise known as Nicole-sets off for a day at the beach with her mother, Juts, aunt Wheezie, and eight-year-old cousin Leroy. Chesapeake Bay is beautiful in summer, but Leroy, who recently lost his mother, is frightened of the world around him. While Nickel...