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259 pp.
| Little |
May, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-316-73690-2$10.99
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4-6
The four Callahan cousins spend the summer with their wealthy grandmother on a New England island. The girls are secretly determined to revive a dormant family rivalry, which involves them in learning to sail and researching family history. Although the author attempts emotional depth, the book is a superficial tale of preteens with a wish-fulfilling degree of freedom.