Books with title Mistik Lake

Seventeen-year-old Odella is haunted by family secrets. Why doesn't her great-aunt Gloria visit anymore? Why does her mother, Sally, drink so much? Sally's tragic car accident on a frozen lake when she was sixteen seems to have cast a spell over her life that no one can break. Odella tries to hold her family together, but when her mother runs off, the family is left reeling. Then Odella meets Jimmy Tomasson, whose dreams of prophetic flying fish seem to have led him to her. In the heat and tenderness of their deepening feelings and in his belief in her, Odella begins to find the strength to unravel the web of secrets that has ensnared them all. This stunning novel, written in spare, elegant prose and told from multiple points of view, explores the lives of three generations of women in one family, revealing what happens when you don't have the courage to follow your own heart, and what can happen when you do.

Canadian Library Association YA Book of the YearIn 1981, sixteen-year-old Sally McLean is in a car full of teenagers when it plunges through the ice to the bottom of Mistik Lake. Sally is the only survivor.Many years later, Sally's teenaged daughter, Odella, is left wondering whether the accident is to blame for her mother's life as a sad alcoholic who eventually abandons her family and flees to Iceland with another man. When Sally suddenly dies in an accident, Odella, her father and her two younger sisters are almost overwhelmed with grief and confusion, until three people provide help and healing in unexpected ways.

Par une nuit glacée de l’hiver 1981, une voiture fit une embardée sur les rives de Mistik Lake puis dérapa sur la surface gelée du lac avant de couler à pic. Des quatre jeunes occupants, il y eut une seule survivante : Sally.Ce tragique accident est le point de départ d’une histoire de famille, avec ses non-dits, ses rumeurs, ses révélations…Aux côtés de ses deux sœurs, Janelle et Sarah, Odella, 17 ans, l’héroîne de ce livre, devra bientôt affronter le passé de leur mère, Sally, et d’autres secrets de famille. Et découvrir que, parmi la petite communauté de ce bourg provincial du Grand Nord canadien, elle était seule à ne pas savoir. Qui était vraiment sa mère ? Pourquoi, lorsqu’Odella souhaite se rendre à Mistik Lake, son père semble-t-il contrarié ? Que s’est-il vraiment passé à l’origine de cette nuit fatale où Sally a survécu à ce terrible accident de voiture sur le lac ? L’adolescente est bien décidée à connaître la vérité…Efficace et bouleversant, ce roman canadien nous fait découvrir les secrets les plus profonds des personnages de ce livre. Odella, bien sûr : son rôle de grande sœur l’empêche parfois de se consacrer à elle-même. La mort prématurée de sa mère l’oblige à grandir avant l’âge. Jusqu’à ce qu’elle tombe amoureuse… Nous découvrons aussi, à travers l’enquête d’Odella, d’autres personnages tout aussi attachants : Sally sa mère, dont le comportement égoïste cache en réalité une grande souffrance et un secret bien lourd à porter ; le père d’Odella qui essaie d’épargner la vérité à ses filles ; la tante Gloria, également dans le secret, et qui devrait pourtant savoir que le mensonge finit toujours par être découvert…Il est impossible de lâcher ce livre avant la dernière page : émotion, suspense, humour, tendresse… tout est présent pour fasciner le lecteur dès 14 ans.

Seventeen-year-old Odella is haunted by family secrets. Why doesn't her great-aunt Gloria visit anymore? Why does her mother, Sally, drink so much? Sally's tragic car accident on a frozen lake when she was sixteen seems to have cast a spell over her life that no one can break. Odella tries to hold her family together, but when her mother runs off, the family is left reeling. Then Odella meets Jimmy Tomasson, whose dreams of prophetic flying fish seem to have led him to her. In the heat and tenderness of their deepening feelings and in his belief in her, Odella begins to find the strength to unravel the web of secrets that has ensnared them all. This stunning novel, written in spare, elegant prose and told from multiple points of view, explores the lives of three generations of women in one family, revealing what happens when you don't have the courage to follow your own heart, and what can happen when you do.

Being Different Is Lonely … Until You Find Another Like YouA troubled, seventeen year old boy finally admits to himself he is different from other boys. Marc LeRoux is the finest athlete in his high school, but his abilities go far beyond what he’s demonstrated on the gymnastics team. On a lonely walk along the neutral ground (medians are called neutral grounds in New Orleans) not far from his home, Marc is attacked by two men, one with a gun. He turns on the muggers and uses his powers to knock both out and escape. It is exhilarating and he feels good for the first time in a long time.From his mother, he learns the family’s secret. Marc is an ‘advanced human’, a leap in human evolution which gives him super-human strength and magnifies his five senses. He can see, hear, smell, taste, and his sense of touch is better than any human. His sense of balance is most acute.Learning the family’s hereditary secret, Marc (of ancient French-Creole ancestry) must give up his dream of college athletics and the Olympics. Torn between two worlds, Marc must learn to live as an ‘advanced human’ in a world of humans. A freak, someone to be feared, Marc needs to vent his energy. He takes to the rooftops of the New Orleans French Quarter in a super-hero costume and quickly meets another ‘advanced human’, the beautiful, alluring sixteen year old Alyssa Lupo. The mutual attraction he feels for this haunting girl is challenged by others, those bent on using their powers for evil purposes. The star-crossed romance between Marc and Alyssa is the central focus of the novel.Strong on setting, our tale takes place primarily in the French Quarter, where this young super-hero in a black costume, calling himself MISTIK, prowls the roofs and lacework balconies in search of villains. A teenager, MISTIK’s powers are still evolving and he will use them to right wrongs, because he can.