The Watcher

By James Howe

Subjects: Dysfunctional families, Fire island (n.y.), fiction, Child abuse, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Family problems, Child abuse, Adolescence, fiction, Beaches, Friendship, fiction, Seashore, fiction, Family life, fiction, Summer, fiction

Description: A mysterious girl, dubbed The Watcher, spins tales of rescue from her lonely perch above the beach. She closely observes the actions of two people she has never met: a fourteen-year-old boy whose family seems perfect and a handsome eighteen-year-old lifeguard. Their lives become intertwined -- and their troubling truths are revealed.