I'm not so sure that I would have mind it if I read this as its targeted audience. I was disappointed in how anticlimactic the secret is after a good build up, but I was reading it with my adult lens. Though mostly in the background, a thread of mystery surrounding a secret kept for thirty years keeps the reader's attention and ultimately ties the inter-generational story together. Before long, though, Nicholas befriends Charlie ( an adorable girl with a wicked curveball ), learns to sail, works to finish a boat that his dad had built, and delves into troubling events dating back to his father's long-ago visits to Forsaken Lake. Nicholas doubts his summer would be eventual unlike his father's fond memories of summers spent with Uncle Nick.

Nicholas and his younger sisters leave New York City for a summer-long visit at their great-uncle's lakeside home in quaint and quiet town in Ohio.

If you are expecting something with a bit more depth and significance you may be disappointed with it. Review: Summer at Forsaken Lake is a fun, light summer read. So what happens when you find a mysterious homemade film about a monster, an old letter found hidden in the attic, a mystery involving your dad from the time he spent summers at the lake, and a ghost ship? Well, a recipe for awesome adventure of course!ĭescription: Nicholas and his twin sisters, Hetty and Haley, spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at Forsaken Lake, where he and their new friend Charlie investigate the truth about an accident involving their families many years before. Summer is a time of relaxation and for kids a chance to have some adventure.

Ways to See a Ghost by Emily Diamand