Needle Lake

In "Needle Lake," fourteen-year-old Ida, a girl with a heart condition who feels like an outsider in her small logging town, spends transformative weeks with her confident and glamorous cousin Elna, who visits from San Francisco. As their bond deepens, the discovery of a tragic event on Christmas Eve binds them with a secret that challenges Ida’s perception of her world and her cousin. Richly written, this novel explores the intricate and sometimes perilous dynamics of girlhood and the complexities of adolescence.