Summerland

A devastating car accident forces a family and their friends to confront grief, secrets, love, and the complicated ties that bind them together.
 A warm June evening, a local tradition: the students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. What begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers, Penny's boyfriend, Jake, and her friend Demeter, are physically unhurt--but the emotional damage is overwhelming. Questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel.

As summer unfolds, startling truths are revealed about the survivors and their parents, the secrets kept, promises broken, and hearts betrayed. Summerland explores the power of community, family, and honesty-and proves that even from the ashes of sorrow new love can take flight.   "queen of the summer novel" —Kirkus Reviews