Fifteen-year-old Gray Wilton, bullied at school and ridiculed by an unfeeling father for preferring drums to hunting, goes on a shooting rampage at his high school.
Summer on her Maine island is enlivened for eleven-year-old Allie when she befriends Melanie, a new girl with hidden talents and a family secret that her mother is trying to hide.
Fifteen-year-old Gray Wilton, bullied at school and ridiculed by an unfeeling father for preferring drums to hunting, goes on a shooting rampage at his high school.
Jan begins her senior year of high school not expecting that she will lose the starring part in the school play, take over as director when her beloved drama teacher becomes ill, and realize that she is a lesbian.
A beautiful Maine summer turns deadly for Sarah, Tim, and Jenny Hoskins and their neighbors as they discover the horrifying truth about the strange new owners of Spool Island.