For Luke, his family’s annual trip to their house on the lake each summer is something to look forward to. He swims in the lake, hikes to the waterfall, goes canoeing with his dad, and looks on the beach for luckystones, a special type of stone with a hole through the middle. During four summers when he is ages thirteen to sixteen, many different things occur. For instance, a pastor moves into a cottage by Luke’s family. He is incredibly rude and flies a confederate flag on his dock. The family on the other side of Luke’s families cottage hates the minister and forms a friendship with Luke’s family. On a later visit, the minister’s house catches on fire, and Luke, having seen a girl in the house, saves her while the minister is not there. At another point, Luke cuts his leg on some shale and has to get stitches. In addition, Luke brings a friend on a visit, breaks up with his girlfriend, exchanges fruit with a girl in a nearby cottage, and patches up his relationship with the daughter of a family friend.
This book was a bit interesting to read just because of the sheer number of different things going on- the minister hatred, friendships, relationships, lake-related activities, and heaps of other stuff. It did, however, contain a lot of frank dialogue and included teenage drunkenness, so I would question this book’s overall influence. It’s a good book if you get past the not-so-appropriate parts. Throughout the book, Luke gets a better understanding of who he is during his visits to the lake. Because of these factors, this book receives a score of ‘cool’ on the Teen Reading Scale. It is a good read for boys who like realistic fiction.
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