Tory, a 14 y.o. girl, and her three male friends uncover some mysteries taking place on the nature preserve where their families live and work (on an island east of Charleston, SC). They set about to discover the truth and thus change their lives forever.
Kathy Reichs, well known author of the Temperance Brennan mysteries the show Bones was based on, dips her toe into teen novels with this first of a series of books. While this book is grounded in science, it does flirt heavily with science fiction. Tory is very reminiscent of a young Lois Lane, had she been more scientifically minded... especially on the B&E side of things to get at the truth.
VirginiaR. "On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling" --- "clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.
