David Boyd
Champlain Summer
(Wonderdog Press April 25, 2020)
Max Bonney is in the middle of a nightmare. Not only does he feel responsible for the breakup of his father's second marriage, he is also being shipped off to St. Stephen, New Brunswick, to spend the summer with grandparents whom he doesn't even know. Once in St. Stephen, things go from bad to weird as Max starts to have disturbing dreams about Samuel de Champlain, the great explorer who once stayed on nearby Dochet's Island. The only thing that seems to be going right for Max is that he makes friends with Tran, and then Tran introduces him to Caetlin, who happens to have the most beautiful blue eyes he has ever seen...