Local Girl Swept Away

by Ellen Wittlinger

First published 2016

Jackie and her three best friends have always counted on Lorna to keep their group together. During a fierce storm, Lorna gets swept into the ocean and disappears. Her body never surfaces. Jackie faces a double torment. She harbors secret feelings for Lorna's boyfriend while wrestling with unanswered questions about that terrible night. Was Lorna truly alone when the waves took her? Did she actually die, or did she stage her own escape? Jackie suspects one of the boys in their circle knows more than he admits. The tragedy shatters their friendship forever. Jackie must navigate her grief, her forbidden attraction, and her growing suspicions. She struggles to forge her own identity while haunted by mysteries that may never resolve. The loss forces her through painful territory as she tries to build a future from the wreckage of her past.

Genres: romance, mystery, contemporary, family-drama

Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful

Tropes: forbidden-love, unreliable-narrator

Setting: Ocean

Period: 20th-century

288 pages · ebook · Simon Pulse

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