Other editions of book The Spirit Window

On the edge of a Florida marsh, a young girl discovers the power of nature After hours on the highway, Miranda is beginning to doubt that there is anything beautiful in Florida. But when her dad turns onto the bridge to Turtle Island and she sees the ocean for the very first time, she realizes she couldn’t have been more wrong. Miranda has come here with her dad to meet her grandmother, whose cheerful energy conceals failing health. Miranda has been dreading this family vacation, but what she finds on Turtle Island will change her life forever. Her grandmother is the self-appointed guardian of the local marsh, a swampy wonderland whose very existence is in jeopardy. A passionate photographer, Miranda plans only to document the landscape. But when a mysterious young boy named Adam draws her into the fight for the marsh’s future, she learns that saving the environment can be a matter of life or death.

Fifteen-year-old Miranda is not sure how things will turn out when she travels with her father and stepmother to Florida to visit her grandmother. Her father and her grandmother haven't spoken in 10 years, and Miranda is surprised and delighted to meet lively Grandma Lila. As the summer progresses, Miranda discovers new depths to herself as she learns more about the wildlife of the marsh that her grandmother fiercely protects, and delights in the magic of the marsh with every click of her camera. As she gets to know Adam, part Cherokee, along the way, she begins to understand Adam and his belief in the spirit world.But when a sudden turn of events in her family raises questions about who Adam really is, Miranda, the perfect daughter, finds that she has to take a stand. Miranda discovers that her new view of the world opens up both beauty and pain as she turns her focus from the marsh to her own life and her family's past.

Fifteen-year-old Miranda is not sure how things will turn out when she travels with her father and stepmother to Florida to visit her grandmother. Her father and her grandmother haven't spoken in 10 years, and Miranda is surprised and delighted to meet lively Grandma Lila. As the summer progresses, Miranda discovers new depths to herself as she learns more about the wildlife of the marsh that her grandmother fiercely protects, and delights in the magic of the marsh with every click of her camera. As she gets to know Adam, part Cherokee, along the way, she begins to understand Adam and his belief in the spirit world.But when a sudden turn of events in her family raises questions about who Adam really is, Miranda, the perfect daughter, finds that she has to take a stand. Miranda discovers that her new view of the world opens up both beauty and pain as she turns her focus from the marsh to her own life and her family's past.