Throughout, Delany's easy rhythm paired with Enright's detailed descriptions will have listeners longing for a summer vacation. Though some of the language is dated and today's children rarely have the same freedom to wander alone, this tale of friendship and the joys of a life lived well never sounds stale. These two modern classics are once again available in Odyssey. Summer has a magic all its own in Elizabeth Enright's beloved stories about two children and their discovery of a ghostly lakeside resort. Delany's dulcet voice conveys the children's wonder at their discovery as well as the warm and welcoming manner of Gone-Away's keepers, Aunt Minnehaha and Uncle Pin. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000 - Juvenile Fiction - 256 pages. They also discover two kindly inhabitants of Gone-Away, who are happy to remain living in the past-and virtual isolation.

Soaking in the fresh air, the rural setting and Julian's company is usually pleasure enough, but this summer the children stumble upon Gone-Away Lake, a settlement of elegant summer homes that have long been abandoned with the lake grown over, obscured by wetland plants.

Portia and her cousin Julian discover summer adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake. Eleven-year-old Portia and her younger brother Foster can't wait to spend the summer in the country with their cousin Julian and his parents. Read reviews and buy Return to Gone-Away - (Gone-Away Lake Books (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Enright (Paperback) at Target. Preview: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Delany proves a nimble, accomplished reader on this inviting adaptation of Enright's Newbery Honor novel.

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