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A Northern Light

A Northern Light

Author(s): Jennifer Donnelly

Location(s): Adirondacks

Genre(s): Historical, Young Adult

Era(s): Early 20th century

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace’s drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.

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