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At Yellow Lake
by
Jane McLoughlin (Goodreads Author)
Etta, Peter and Jonah all find themselves at a cabin by the shore of Yellow Lake, and flung together in the terrifying series of events that follows.
Jonah has come to Yellow Lake to try to get in touch with his Ojibwe roots. Peter is there to bury a lock of his mother's hair - her final request. Etta is on the run from her mother's creepy boyfriend, Kyle, and his dodgy fri...more
Jonah has come to Yellow Lake to try to get in touch with his Ojibwe roots. Peter is there to bury a lock of his mother's hair - her final request. Etta is on the run from her mother's creepy boyfriend, Kyle, and his dodgy fri...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
June 7th 2012
by Frances Lincoln Children's Books
(first published June 1st 2012)
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At Yellow Lake was an exciting mix of action and adventure, inner quests and courage, and forming friendships.
Three teens are drawn to Yellow Lake: Jonah, part Ojibwe Indian who is trying to connect with his heritage. Peter, who promised his mother to bury a lock of her hair by the lake after her death. Etta, who is on the run from her mother’s boyfriend, Kyle. Peter’s family owns a cabin at the lake, and after he helps Etta escape from Kyle, they hide out in the cabin. Shortly after the meet Jo...more
Three teens are drawn to Yellow Lake: Jonah, part Ojibwe Indian who is trying to connect with his heritage. Peter, who promised his mother to bury a lock of her hair by the lake after her death. Etta, who is on the run from her mother’s boyfriend, Kyle. Peter’s family owns a cabin at the lake, and after he helps Etta escape from Kyle, they hide out in the cabin. Shortly after the meet Jo...more
The quest to find oneself always makes for a good story. Add in a little drama and some intense thrill, then you have yourself a great novel. At Yellow Lake has all these attributes which lends to the enriched drama displayed in the novel. The author, Jane McLoughlin does a wonderful job of showing the emotion and inter turmoil of the characters. As you read the book, you can't help but to have a sense of sympathy for the main characters. In At yellow Lake we get to know three teenagers, each de...more
Another book that would have benefitted from the half star system! I felt more strongly than "liked it" but not quite to "really liked it". My favorite part was the relationships between the characters, and my least favorite part was the unbelievability of the adults - a common problem in YA literature.
Jonah, Etta, and Peter all end up at Yellow Lake on separate quests: Jonah, a part Ojibwe Indian on his mother's side, wants to get back in touch with his ancestral roots. Etta is running from her...more
Jonah, Etta, and Peter all end up at Yellow Lake on separate quests: Jonah, a part Ojibwe Indian on his mother's side, wants to get back in touch with his ancestral roots. Etta is running from her...more
At Yellow Lake is aimed at older children, it's a fairly good read for adults too, but doesn't cross-over as well as other YA books that I've read recently.
Told in alternating chapters by each of the three main characters, the background of the main players; Etta, Peter and Jonah are explained well. The reader knows exactly who they are and why they are at the cabin on Yellow Lake. The young characters are very well done, each with individual voices, each with their own character and each with a...more
Told in alternating chapters by each of the three main characters, the background of the main players; Etta, Peter and Jonah are explained well. The reader knows exactly who they are and why they are at the cabin on Yellow Lake. The young characters are very well done, each with individual voices, each with their own character and each with a...more
3.5 stars
At Yellow Lake is different from anything I’ve read this year, it’s intense and emotional. There are some moments in the story that a heart-breaking. Jane McLoughlin has provided three very different characters that all have their own stories – which bring them together at Yellow Lake.
I did enjoy this book but it took me a while to get used to the narration. Each character’s story is told in alternating chapters throughout the book. Etta’s is in first person, whereas Peter and Jonah’s c...more
At Yellow Lake is different from anything I’ve read this year, it’s intense and emotional. There are some moments in the story that a heart-breaking. Jane McLoughlin has provided three very different characters that all have their own stories – which bring them together at Yellow Lake.
I did enjoy this book but it took me a while to get used to the narration. Each character’s story is told in alternating chapters throughout the book. Etta’s is in first person, whereas Peter and Jonah’s c...more
Good mystery/suspense/thriller book for high school kids (due to some use of the f bomb). Found it in the staff picks section at Barnes & Noble. Was pleasantly surprised to find the settings to be the Twin Cities, Duluth, and Lake Superior areas. That was a fun surprise having lived up there for 14 years. I always like when you can visualize the settings because you've actually been there.
This a fantastic new writer. The characters are so realistic. And it has a very good sense of humor underneath the mystery, the tension and the cruelty of some chapters.
Great book.
Great book.
This book suffers from an audience problem. As in: who is this book supposed to be for??
I read this for the student book group. It was a bit more explicit than I was expecting.
A new voice that resonates with truth.
great book i love it
2.75
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A great teen/YA read - absorbing, pacy, I loved it!
mystery, crimes, and suspense?! I'M IN!!
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Jane McLoughlin was born in Minnesota and lived in several parts of the USA before she met her future husband in San Francisco and followed him to the UK. Over 20 years later, she is still there, living with her family on the south coast of England. "At Yellow Lake" is her first novel for young people.
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