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Kathy Colvin, Editor
Titcomb's Best Sellers 
July 2015
 1. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

 2.  In Cod We Trust by Heather Atwood

 3.  The Bird Skinner by Alice Greenway
 
 4.  The Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable

 5. What the Dog Knows by Cat Warren

 6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

 7.  Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

 8.  All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

 9.  The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

10.  A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Summer Fun!
Turn your bicycle into a mean machine - chrome acustic chamber creates a growl people will notice! Hardware included, mounts in 5 minutes!  $24.99

Super durable sound cards to make any bicycle go vroooom!! $5.99

Delightful little ride-on for toddlers! Folds up flat when finished scooting! $44.99

Soccer fun indoors or out - floats on a cushion of air & lights up with LEDs that never burn out.  Click on the picture to see the disc in action! $19.99

$4.99
 mini bike bell! $3.99


Outfit your bike in style!
Vintage Dictionary Art!

We are all in love with these beautiful graphics made from original Webster's Dictionary pages dating back to the 1870's!

The pages are permanently mounted to a smooth hardwood board and are ready to hang.

We have several different styles in stock - here are a few examples:








At $24.99 they make a wonderful gift! 
Pens and Paper!


 Who doesn't need a chicken pen?! (a customer dubbed them "henny pennys!") $4.99 each

 Tool Pens! Perfect for the carpenter or tinkerer! $4.99


Password Keeper!
This wonderfully designed little notebook will help you keep track of all those pesky, persnickety passwords in our lives today - the capital letters, the strange characters, the numbers.... Oh my!  $8.99   


Tricky Notebooks!  
These very clever little die-cut notebooks made great gifts - for yourself or others!  Is is a roll of $100 bills, a group of books - or a little notebook?  $4.99 each (8 different designs available)







Mad Libs!

For almost sixty years, Mad Libs have entertained us!
The perfect thing for a long car trip, gift bag, etc.  

We have a great selection spanning a range of subjects - we guarantee you'll find something to suit everybody!  $3.99  each
Music Boxes!
The most adorable little music boxes have just arrived at the shop! Each has a different Art or Music design, each contains a different melody to hand crank - from La Vie en Rose to F�r Elise.  Stop by and give one a try!  Our display has several you can play.

What a lovely gift! 
$12.99 each
Titcomb's Bookshop Newsletter: August 2015
Photo by Karen Huppi Vail






Happy August! What a beautiful summer we're having on Cape Cod! We have many interesting authors coming to the shop this month - bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand will be here, Theresa Barbo will be talking about Cape Cod history, Michelle Gable will be discussing her book, The Paris Apartment, Martha's Vineyard author Nicole Galland will talk about her fun new novel, Stepdog, Paul Clerici will speak about the Falmouth Road Race and there's a wonderful mystery panel at the Sandwich Library. In the second half of the month, we're celebrating Ivan Doig Day on the 18th, hosting a discussion of Go Set a Watchman on the 21st, and on the 28th we're celebrating Tasha Tudor's birthday with cake!  We hope you can join us.  See you soon!
August Events
Book Talk & Signing
Saturday, August 1  2-3pm 
Author Theresa Barbo
Hidden History of Cape Cod
We are so pleased to welcome well-known Cape Cod historian and maritime author Theresa Barbo to the shop to talk about her latest book, The Hidden History of Cape Cod. From Provincetown to Falmouth, Barbo illuminates the quirky and remarkable character  of Cape Cod and its forgotten happenings. 
 
Knitting Club
Monday, August 3
1-3pm
Join our lively group of knitters for conversation and inspiration! All levels are welcome - it's such an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon! (And we always serve delicious goodies to help maintain energy!) 
 
 
 
Elin Hilderbrand
Wednesday, August 5  12:30-2pm
Book Talk and Signing
The Rumor
Come meet New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand! Elin, who lives on Nantucket, will talk about and sign copies of her newest novel, The Rumor.  We are so happy to welcome Elin back to the bookshop -  we hope you can all join us! 





The Rumor: Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket for their perfect marriages, their beautiful kids, their Sunday night double dates with their devoted husbands. But this summer, something's changed, and if there's anything Nantucket likes better than cocktails on the beach at sunset, it's a good rumor. 
Mystery Author Panel
Sandwich Library, Room 2
Wednesday, August 5  7 - 8:30pm

Mystery authors Joe Gannon (Night of the Jaguar), Spencer Quinn (Scents and Sensibility) and Charles Salzberg (Swann's Lake of Despair) will present a lively conversation about the elements of mystery in their novels, the art and science of crime writing and more. Moderated by Karen Ellery Jones.  Books will be available for purchase and signing. 

This is a free event sponsored by the Friends of the Sandwich Public Library and Titcomb's Bookshop. Light refreshments will be served. 

Saturday, August 8  2-3 pm
Book Talk & Signing
Michelle Gable
The Paris Apartment

What a story! A Paris Apartment is based on the true story of Madame Marthe de Florian's flat in the 9th arrondisment, and the young appraiser who cataloged it after her death.  Madame Florian fled Paris during WWII but kept up the rent on her apartment. When she died, everything was just as it had been during La Belle Epoque, like a time capsule.   We can't wait to meet Michelle and hear about her research and the lives of these two women, real and imagined!                                
 

Mdm. Florian's Apartment

Sunday, August 9  2-3 pm
Book Talk & Signing
Nicole Galland
Stepdog
Come meet Nicole Galland and hear about her charming new novel about a woman, her dog, and the man who has to prove that he is good enough for both of them.

Nicole lives on Martha's Vineyard and is the author of historical novels I, Iago and Godiva. Stepdog is her first contemporary/comic novel. 


Thursday, August 13   1-2 pm
Book Talk and Signing
Paul Clerici
A History of the Falmouth Road Race
 
The seven-mile Falmouth Road Race catapulted Cape Cod onto the running radar. The inaugural race in 1973 had fewer than one hundred runners, but swelled over the years to the thousands.

Author Paul C. Clerici takes readers along every bend and uphill battle of the race's history from the early stages of the running boom to resetting the road-racing calendar.

A dedicated runner, Clerici has competed in nearly every distance from the mile to the marathon, including two triathlons, more than forty marathons, the Boston Marathon more than twenty years in a row and the Falmouth Road Race several times.
Ivan Doig Day!
Tuesday, August 18                          

Ivan Doig is one of our very favorite authors here at Titcomb's. He passed away last April after completing Last Bus to Wisdom, which will be released on August 18.  Charming, wise, and slyly funny, Last Bus to Wisdom is a last sweet gift from a writer whose books have bestowed untold pleasure on countless readers. 

 In tribute to the author, bookstores all over the country, including Titcomb's, will celebrate his life and work that day.  We'll have a display of his books and a card with messages to his family we invite you to sign throughout the day.  Did you have a favorite Ivan Doig book? Was there something he wrote that particularly touched your heart or made you laugh?  Please stop by and let us know!  We'll also be giving away a limited number of special Ivan Doig buttons.  Click here to reserve a copy now of Last Bus for Wisdom. 

 As this coming of age novel begins in 1951, 11-year-old Donal Cameron is on a Greyhound bus bound for Manitowoc, Wisconsin to stay with an aunt while his grandmother has surgery. Donny has never known a life without his Gram, a ranch cook in the Two Medicine Country in Montana. When he meets his aunt Kate (not the famous Kate Smith to his dismay) he soon learns that she's not nice like Gram, not to him or to his uncle, Herman the German. And so as soon as he can, he hops back on the bus to go west, to go home. Once the trip is underway, Donny is surprised to find Herman on the bus with him. As the road trip progresses, the odd couple find themselves in all sorts of situations including sleeping in a hobo camp and looking for odd jobs. This story, the last from beloved author Doig is reminiscent of The Bartender's Tale. You'll wish you were on the bus with them and that the trip would never end.








Tuesday, August 18  7 pm
The Bird Skinner 

Author Alice Greenway will 
join the discussion by phone.
Alice Greenway's (Ghost Girls) second novel is a lush and evocative story of war, love, aging, and birds.

Slowing down from a hard-lived life and a recent leg amputation, ornithologist Jim Kennoway retreats to an island in Maine: to drink, smoke, and be left alone. There, he thinks back to his youth, working for Naval Intelligence during World War II in the Solomon Islands. While spying on Japanese shipping from behind enemy lines, Jim befriended Tosca, a young islander who worked with him as a scout. Now, thirty years later, Tosca has sent his daughter, Cadillac, to stay with Jim in the weeks before she begins premedical studies at Yale. She arrives - to Jim's great consternation - yet she will capture his heart and that of everyone she meets, irrevocably changing their lives.
Go Set a Watchman
Discussion Group
Friday, August 21 9:30am

We have had so many discussions among our staff and with customers about Go Set a Watchman that we decided to organize a forum for everyone to discuss their thoughts on this book! If you came to our midnight event on the eve of it's publication, the wonderful woman who helped lead our discussion will be joining us again.  We are excited to hear everyone's opinions - it promises to include some lively discourse!
Happy Birthday, Tasha Tudor!
Friday, 
August 28

Tasha Tudor would be 100 years old today!
We are celebrating! We'll be serving cake from one of Tasha's cookbooks. Browse through our Tasha Tudor collection of books, notecards, and more.  

Susan Branch 2016 Calendars!
The new Susan Branch 2016 Heart of the Home calendars have arrived! We have all sizes: pocket planner, mini, wall, and desktop blotter.  Absolutely darling as always!  

Two-year pocket planner $5.99









Mini $7.99












Wall $14.99










Desktop blotter $15.99
New and Recommended Books
New Fiction: 


Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
(Limited number of signed copies available!)
From Elizabeth M: The author of The Paris Wife once again produces an amazing story of a strong willed and remarkable woman.  With this novel based on the life of Beryl Markham, McLain captures the magic of life in Kenya in the 1920's where Markham was raised by her father on a horse farm. Markham became the first female horse trainer in Africa and later became the first aviator to fly across the Atlantic from England to North America.  This is an eloquently written story of a complicated woman who, though she married three times, was most in love with Africa and with men who were not available to her.  Loved this book!!  Reg. price $28.00, our price $22.40

Note: Circling the Sun is a total staff favorite!  We would also like to recommend these two related books, available in paperback: 

West With the Night - a memoir by Beryl Markham

 and    


Out of Africa by Beryl's friend Isak Dinesen


[When Hemingway read Markham's book, West with the Night, he wrote to his editor, Maxwell Perkins: "She has written so well, and marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer . . . [She] can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers . . . It is really a bloody wonderful book."]


The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
From Hannah: As an avid Alice Hoffman fan, I went into A Marriage of Opposites with high hopes.  I'm happy to say that I was not disappointed. I loved this fascinating account of life on the island of St. Thomas, focusing on Rachel Pomie and her son, famed impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. Hoffman brings to life her independent, strong-willed characters with vivid descriptions and imagery that practically jumps off the page as she tells the story of first Rachel, then Camille's struggles to fit in within their communities and families. Reg. price $27.99, our price $22.39


Dragonfish by Vu Tran
From Kathy:
"Everyone had a cell phone in this town, even people who had no one to call." This smart thriller is set in the Vietnamese immigrant community of Las Vegas. It made me think of Walter Mosley's novels. The writing is so good - you will be drawn into a world of violence and heartbreak, loss and love and obsession that will keep you up late into the night.  If you are a fan of noir fiction, you will enjoy this - a great read! Reg. price $26.95, our price $21.56

The author, Vu Tran, was born in Saigon, Vietnam and raised in a refugee camp in Oklahoma. His short stories have appeared in many publications, including the O. Henry Prize Stories and the Best American Mystery Stories.  He teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago.


Villa America by Liza Klaussmann
Gerald and Sara Murphy wanted to live an unconventional life. In the early 1900s, they created the sumtuous Villa America on the French Riviera. It became the meeting place for many of their compatriots in the arts. Cole Porter, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway and Scott and Zelda Fitzgerals were some of their company. Fitzgerald made the house famous as the setting for Tender is the Night.

Author Liza Klaussmann (Tigers in Red Weather) makes Villa America the setting for this novel, a historical portrait of the Murphys and their friends. She captures the excitement of the modern movement in Paris, the good friends, the sheer sensuous joy of living at Cap d'Antibes. Reg. price $26.00, our price $20.80


 The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
From Elizabeth S.: 
A brilliantly plotted survival tale, a beautifully written coming-of- age story, and amazing characters combine to make The Mountain Story a great summer read! 

Wolf, the main character, intends to go up the mountain and end his life. Instead, he ends up meeting three women. The story of how they survive 5 days with no food and water is poignantly told as a letter Wolf writes to his son many years later. This is a suspenseful adventure and a rich look at relationships and the ways of love. This book will stay with you long after the last page! Reg. price $26.00, our price $20.80


Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
When Lars Thorvald's wife leaves him for a sommelier, he's determined to raise daughter Eva correctly, teaching her about the wonderful foods and flavors of their native Minnesota. Each chapter centers around a different food or ingredient. The story travels all over the "great midwest" (Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota).

These linked stories follow the lives of the people in this family and community from the time before Eva is born to her eventual success as the legendary chef behind a much sought after pop-up dinner club. Some of the stories are sad, some are humorous, and they all have quirky, interesting characters. Reg. price $25.00, our price $20.00




New Paperback Fiction:

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
We all love this book! The Boston Girl is a historical novel told in the first person by now eighty-five-year-old Addie Baum.  Addie is the daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants who live in Boston's North End. Beginning in 1915, she tells her fascinating life story with humor and affection. It's a book you will want to read again as soon as you finish it! $16.00 (Available August 4)



Exciting News:
The Boston Girl has been picked for "Sandwich Reads Together"! Anita Diamant will be coming to Sandwich to speak at Town Hall on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 3:00pm!  Mark your calendars now!  This would make a wonderful discussion for your book clubs, too.

The Secret Place by Tana French
From Kathy: Tana French is such a great crime writer! A year after the body of heart-throb Chris Harper was dumped at St. Kilda's, a girls' school in a Dublin suburb, student Holly Mackey gives Det. Stephen Moran a photo of Chris she's found with the words "I know who killed him" written on the back.

The action takes place over a single day, with flashbacks to events in the preceding year counting down to the time of the boy's death. Told from the points of view of Detective Moran (the present) and Holly and her three friends (the past), it's full of giddy, slangy, devious schoolgirls who cannot be trusted about anything. Part of Tana French's talent is the way she lets characters hide the truth behind the smoke screen of language, allowing both readers and investigators to gradually figure out who is lying.  Don't start this at bedtime if you need your sleep!  $17.00 (Available August 4)

Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon
From Elizabeth S: For the first time since 2005, Jan Karon has returned to the fictional town of Mitford, North Carolina. For all of us who loved the first nine novels in the Mitford series, this one is a jewel!  It feels so good to be back in Mitford with old friends - loved it!  If I could, I would live in Mitford!! (Even if you haven't read the other books in this series, you won't be lost when you read this one - but it will make you want to read the others!)
$16.00 (Available August 4)



The Long Way Home by Louise Penny 
From Elizabeth S: New in paperback, this latest Louise Penny novel begins in the rural, serene setting of Three Pines. Humor is liberally sprinkled along with mouthwatering descriptions of the frequent meals enjoyed by all. I soon felt like I was hanging out with good friends, having a great time, sitting around, shooting the breeze... But wait, there's more! This is a mystery novel! Gamache and his usual cast of characters are on the way to find a missing friend.... Whether or not you read her books in sequence, this book (her 10th) is sure to make a Louise Penny fan out of all of you!!  (I'm so excited - a new Louise Penny novel is coming out on August 25!) $15.99
New Nonfiction
 
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 
Ta-Nehisi Coates has been called the James Baldwin of our era. In this important and timely book, Coates writes a letter to his teenage son to prepare him to face police harrassment and brutality. A combination memoir, history, and analysis, it's been called "required reading" by Toni Morrison.  Author Michael Chabon had this interpretation as he wrote, "I know that this book is addressed to the author's son, and by obvious analogy to all boys and young men of color as they pass, inexorably, into harm's way. I hope that I will be forgiven, then, for feeling that Ta-Nehisi Coates was speaking to me, too, one father to another, teaching me that real courage is the courage to be vulnerable, to admit having fallen short of the mark, to stay open-hearted and curious in the face of hate and lies, to remain skeptical when there is so much comfort in easy belief, to acknowledge the limits of our power to protect our children from harm and, hardest of all, to see how the burden of our need to protect becomes a burden on them, one that we must, sooner or later, have the wisdom and the awful courage to surrender." $24.00 
 

The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck
Rinker Buck, a self-described "divorced boozehound with a bad driving record and emerging symptoms of low self-esteem," decided he needed to do something epic to change. A long-time history buff, he spent one winter thoroughly researching the Oregon Trail. Fueled by lyrical descriptions of the countryside in the many trail journals he read and by the wonderful memories of a wagon trip he had taken as a child, Buck bought a wagon and team of three mules to cross the prairie, hills and rivers, just like those seeking a new life in the 1800s. He and his brother, Nick, spent several months making the ambitious journey, enduring hardships, encountering generous and helpful people and experiencing the same richness of nature that trail riders of yesteryear had written about. Humorous, entertaining and highly informative - perfect for armchair traveling! 
[From Vicky:  This marvelous book reminds me of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. Wonderfully written, it is both a very personal story and also filled with lots of information about the trail and mules!  It's laugh out loud funny, too!]  $28.00
 

Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales

This is a lovely book!  Author Helen Scales (a marine biologist) has a knack for storytelling, and offers fascinating stories about the natural history of mollusks.  You will gain a new appreciation of the hidden wonders that you can hold in the palm of your hand. $27.00




Gods of the Morning: A Birds-Eye View of a Changing World by John Lister-Kaye
Set in Aegis, the world renowned wildlife center in the Scottish Highlands, this book is a celebration of birds, revealing how these amazing creatures embody our changing world, by one of Britain's foremost naturalists.

Whether you're a bird watcher, nature lover or simply appreciate beautiful countryside, this book will delight you as you immerse yourself in the story of a year in and around Aigas in Scotland. $26.95


The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
From Kathy:  I picked up this book to read when I heard the author on Jim Braude's show, Greater Boston. It's amazing!  I learned so much about Octopuses (not Octopi!) - they are incredibly smart, adaptable creatures who recognize individual people and have strong opinions about them.  The author spends time at the New England Aquarium and gets to know several octopuses, and learns so much from the scientists there.  She has a fun, breezy style - this does not read like a scholarly book by any means - it's so entertaining - I heartily recommend it! $26.00

Creative Therapy: An Anti-Stress Coloring Book
The adult coloring book craze is in high gear here at the bookshop and we have some wonderful new additions to our collection, including this fabulous new coloring book.  Doodle and color your stress away! Indeed.  $15.00




Children's Picture Books


What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss
A new and never before published Dr. Seuss Picture Book!
What Pet Should I Get? captures the excitement of a classic childhood moment - choosing a pet - and features the brother and sister characters that Dr. Seuss introduced in One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.  At the back of the book are some wonderful photos of Dr. Suess and background information on Dr. Suess and this new book.  $17.99 Ages 3-7




And the Cow Said.... by Katie Cotton
A funny, interactive story about a farmer whose animals just won't let him get any sleep.  On a dark and rainy night, a cow knocks on Farmer Bill's door. Then a duck. Then a sheep. Then a mouse. . . . Will poor Farmer Bill ever get to sleep? Children can press a button to listen to the sound of each noisy animal.  
Told in clever rhymes and colorful illustrations, this book is so much fun to read!  $12.99 Ages 3-6 (Available August 4)



The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes
What a dear little book! A boy the size of a caterpillar lives in and takes care of a garden.  One day he realizes that it's too much for him to do alone and he doesn't know what will happen if his garden fails.  In the night a girl and a boy (full-sized) see the garden and bring it back to health.  The illustrations are charming and the message of helpfulness is spot on.  We love it!
$17.95 Ages 3-7 


Children's Chapter Books

Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
"Be careful. Your next step may be your last."
From the author of Holes comes this action packed scientific mystery involving dangerous mud! It has something for everyone: a good moral, adventure, science, and danger lurking on every page. The book deals with serious social issues like bullying, and the characters face difficult decisions. Readers will be compelled to think twice about how they treat others as well as their environment. $16.99 Ages 10-14 (Available August 4)


Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko
An enjoyable and skillfully written historical fiction set around a strong, likable female character, Lizzy. Set in 1900s San Francisco, 13-year old Lizzie doesn't fit into her girl's school, as she likes education, learning, science, and is friendly with "undesirables" of the time, including a young Chinese male. Her life is not without sorrow, as the plague threatens San Francisco, and her mother has died. However, Lizzie remains a very relatable and likable character that can appeal to both girls and boys.  16.99 Ages 10-14 (Available August 4)


Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz 
The Isle Of The Lost is a prequel to the upcoming Disney Channel movie, The Descendants. It follows the children of Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, Jafar and The Evil Queen from Snow White.  (The publisher quickly ran out of copies of this book when it first appeared a few months ago, but we are happy to report that we have copies available now!)

Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost--a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them to leave. Stripped of their magical powers, the villains now live in total isolation, forgotten by the world. Mal learns from her mother, Maleficent, that the key to true darkness, the Dragon's Eye, is located inside her scepter in the forbidden fortress on the far side of the island. The eye is cursed, and whoever retrieves it will be knocked into a deep sleep for a thousand years. But Mal has a plan to capture it. She'll just need a little help from her "friends." In their quest for the Dragon's Eye, these four kids begin to realize that just because you come from an evil family tree, being good might not be so bad. $17.99 (Ages 8-12)
Children's Nonfiction


Creaturepedia: Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth by Adrienne Barman

Creaturepedia welcomes young readers to the greatest show on earth, showcasing more than 600 different creatures within its pages. Rather than listing the animals in traditional alphabetical order, this book groups creatures according to a variety of criteria, including color, habits and outstanding physical characteristics. There is a handy index at the end, and a ribbon to keep your place. $22.99 Ages 5-8 (Available August 6)




Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree by Kate Messner
This picture book, illustrated by Simona Mulazzani, celebrates biodiversity and math as it explores the multiplication of life in a single rainforest tree.
(From the author of Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt) $16.99 Ages 3-8 (Available August 11)



Young Adult    

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
It's the beginning of seventh grade and Bridge, Emily, and Tab have a pact: no fighting. Bridge is an accident survivor who's wondering why she's still alive. Emily has new curves and an almost-boyfriend who wants a certain kind of picture. Tab sees through everybody's games. Or so she tells the world. It's also the beginning of seventh grade for Sherm Russo, and everything is different for him, too. When he gets to know Bridge, he wonders: what does it mean to fall for a girl-as a friend?

This is a story about the bonds and limits of friendship from popular, award winning author Rebecca Stead.  It has already been awarded an unheard of TEN STARRED REVIEWS!   $16.99 Ages 11-14  (August 8)

"The handing-down of advice and wisdom from older girls and women is a welcome theme throughout the book and far too rare in female coming-of-age stories; it's just one of many reasons this astonishingly profound novel is not your average middle-school friendship tale."    From The Horn Book starred review

Adrift by Paul Griffin
What an intense book! Five new friends working on Montauk for the summer must trust each other with their lives when they become lost at sea, after a midnight party goes horribly wrong. As the drama on the boat plays out, each teen's story and true nature comes to light. Can, and should, they trust one another? This is a "read in one sitting book", for sure!   $17.99  Ages 13-17