Formerly rich girls, Lorrie Hollander and her sister have had to get used to living in Edgewater, their eccentric Aunt Gigi's decaying mansion, after their wealthy mother abandoned on them. Lorrie works hard to keep her family from collapsing, and in the process meets boy-next-door Charlie, a senator's son. Lorrie hides her situation from Charlie, afraid to lose his friendship, and maybe more than friendship--but Charlie and his family have embarrassing secrets, too.
year: 2015
call number/section: 1000
subjects: family secrets, juvenile fiction, family life, fiction, secrets, juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / equestrian, juvenile fiction / animals / horses, family, secrecy, rich, interpersonal relations, bildungsromans, bildungsromans
Editions
Sheinmel, Courtney
Amulet Books (2015)
Lorrie Hollander lives with her unstable aunt Gigi in a decrepit eyesore of a mansion called Edgewater, but when Charlie, the son of an esteemed senator, takes an interest in Lorrie she is ashamed of her lifestyle until she learns Charlie's family is hiding something too, and that their secrets are inextricably tied.
Schools: 1
Sheinmel, Courtney
Formerly rich girls, Lorrie Hollander and her sister have had to get used to living in Edgewater, their eccentric Aunt Gigi's decaying mansion, after their wealthy mother abandoned on them. Lorrie works hard to keep her family from collapsing, and in the process meets boy-next-door Charlie, a senator's son. Lorrie hides her situation from Charlie, afraid to lose his friendship, and maybe more than friendship--but Charlie and his family have embarrassing secrets, too.
Schools: 2