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GoneAway Lake - Gone-Away Lake, Bk 1
Author: Elizabeth Enright, Joe Krush (Illustrator), Beth Krush (Illustrator)

Portia always expects summer to be a special time. But she couldn't imagine the adventure she and her cousin Julian would share this summer. It all starts when they discover Gone Away Lake -- a village of deserted old houses on a muddy overgrown swamp. — "It's a ghost town," Julian says. But the cousins are in for a bigger surpr... more »

ISBN-13: 9780590409049
ISBN-10: 0590409042
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 192
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Currently 4/5 Stars.

4 stars, based on 24 ratings

Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Sherrie M. (sghm) reviewed Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake, Bk 1) on 12/5/2005 + 14 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Wonderful children's adventure. Portia and her cousin Julian discover summer adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.

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Lora L. reviewed Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake, Bk 1) on 3/7/2006 + 6 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I read this aloud to my children, and they were entranced throughout the whole thing. Very good book!!

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Tammy E. reviewed Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake, Bk 1) on 1/2/2007 + 10 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

return to gone-away is the next book.....

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Gail R. (abigailsdaughter) reviewed Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake, Bk 1) on 11/21/2012 + 201 more book reviews

The children discover a ghost town near a swamp that was once a thriving summer lakeside community - inhabited by two welcoming eccentric seniors, who recount to them some of their memories from the turn of the century and help them create secret "clubhouses." I didn't like this as much as I did the author's trilogy, "The Saturdays," "The Four-Story Mistake," and "Spiderweb for Two," but it is a nice read.

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Lori M. reviewed Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake, Bk 1) on 11/22/2009 + 8 more book reviews

This is my all-time favorite children's book. As another reviewer mentioned, I read this aloud to my children and they fell in love with it, too. If you're a nature lover, Enright will have you entranced by her vivid descriptions. Adults, feel free to pick this one up and enjoy it even if you have no children handy. It is charming.

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