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Who Is Frances Rain? [Paperback]

Margaret Buffie (Author)
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Publication Date: Mar 1 2007
In this 20th-anniverary edition of the novel by Margaret Buffie, it's going to be a long, hot summer for 15-year-old Lizzie. Normally a vacation at her grandmother's northern Manitoba cottage is the highlight of the year, but this summer the whole family is going along, including her new stepfather whom she detests. To escape the family's bickering, Lizzie explores a nearby island, where she finds the remains of an old cabin and uncovers a pair of spectacles. When she tries on the old glasses she is surprised to find herself watching a woman and girl from the past. Lizzie is determined to find out who these ghosts are, and why they are appearing to her. Enlisting the help of her grandmother's teenage neighbor, Alex, she puts together clues about the ghosts' identities and in doing so, finds a way to help her estranged family reunite. It's a compelling story, carrying young readers from the present to the past and back again.

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In her linking of the mystery of the past and the dilemma of the present in the conclusion, Margaret Buffie brings the novel to a satisfactory and realistic ending. This is a first-rate novel for readers 11 and up with a different and distinct Manitoba flavor.

About the Author

Margaret Buffie is an award-winning author of young adult books. Her books include The Watcher and Angels Turn Their Backs. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Who is Frances Rain? Sep 15 2008
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Format:Hardcover
Lizzie travels with her family to visit her grandmother in a remote place in Canada. Lizzie's mother is recently remarried, and there is tension in the family over the new step-dad. Evan is Lizzie's older brother and there is a younger sister. The younger sister adores the new dad, but Lizzie and her brother do everything possible to make his life uncomfortable.

Mom is a lawyer and her new marriage is rocky, so the family goes on a two week visit to grandma's house. To get to grandma's house you have to take a boat, which provides a great setting for the ghost story part of the book.

Lizzie spends her vacation in a mini canoe visiting a nearby island where she discovers spectacles, when she puts them on they take her back in time to when Frances Rain lived on the island. Who exactly is Frances Rain and why she was alone on an island, so long ago, are questions that Lizzie tries to find out.

The story is happily resolved and it is an enjoyable read for pre-teens or young teens who like a tiny bit a romance, ghosts and families with troubles.
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