Name: Shadowed Summer
ISBN: 9780385735711

Saundra Mitchell

In the small town of Ondine, Louisiana, fourteen-year-old Iris uncovers family secrets when she conjures up the ghost of a boy missing for decades and decides to solve the mystery of his disappearance.

Shadowed Summer

Lynn Braden

Shadowed Summer started very slowly, setting the mood of a hot summer in the deep south where strange things can happen especially in a cemetery late at night. Iris and her best friend Collette have spent many summers making up stories about all things paranormal, but at fourteen years old, things are starting to change. Collette has a boyfriend named Ben, and strange things are happening to Iris making her believe that she is being haunted by the ghost of Elijah, a boy who went missing in her hometown years ago. Collette and Ben want to help Iris, but as they investigate Elijah's disappearance, clues start leading Iris way to close to home.
Even though the book didn't really get moving until almost half way through, the last half was filled with event after event making the rest of the book a quick read. Overall a pretty good story with a few really terrifying scares.