Still Water
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Last published Tue, Jul 23, 2019
The summer after Astrid Dinwiddie's junior year in high school, her parents send her to the charming city of Portland, Maine to look after her grandparents. Astrid loves her grandparents, but is entirely unenthusiastic about being uprooted from the life she built back in Houston, Texas. Little did she know that the summer she spent in Portland would change her life completely. Follow Astrid in this coming of age story about a girl who grew up too fast, a young woman struggling to find herself, a heartwarming town, and a love that is tested by the law.
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