Letters to the Sea
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After a betrayal by her best friend, sixteen-year-old Tessa Eckberg is sent to spend the summer with her eccentric grandparents in the coastal town of Havenport. Guarded and resentful, she arrives determined to stay silent and unseen. But as she's drawn into the town's traditions and a group of teens with their wounds, Tessa begins to confront her fear of vulnerability and reclaim the story that was stolen from her.
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