Spindrift

by Colby Rodowsky

Book Overview

A girl resists growing up by hiding from some unpleasant truths At the beginning of summer, thirteen-year-old Cassie is witness to a disturbing sight. At a party she spots her sister's husband, Mickey, in the arms of another woman. Could it really be him? And with her sister about to give birth to their first child? When Cassie confronts Mickey, he claims it must have been his double. Though it's hard to believe him, Cassie struggles to do so with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374371555
• ISBN13: 9780374371555
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Moving, realistic story of a teen's disillustion & struggle.

Cassie's older sister is about to have her first baby and the family is facing the sale of a beloved seaside inn, so changes are already in the air when Cassie views the astonishing sight of her brother-in-law flirting with another woman. Her discovers about his true nature will change their family in this moving, realistic story of a teen's disillusionment and struggles.