by A. LaFaye
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
LaFaye, A.
p. cm.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Kyna has been terrified of water since a storm drowned her family and nearly took her as well, but works to overcome her phobia when her adoptive parents, Irish immigrants with a mysterious past, rent a cabin on Lake Champlain for the summer.
eISBN : 978-1-571-31906-7
[1. Phobias—Fiction. 2. Water—Fiction. 3. Irish Americans—Fiction. 4. Silkies—Fiction. 5. Orphans—Fiction. 6. Champlain, Lake—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.L1413Wat 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008011684
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
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