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Summary: Sixteen year old Charlie has learned to keep her feelings to herself. Her father has a new girlfriend, her best friend has moved to Australia, and her beloved creative-writing teacher has challenged her to use life experiences as fuel for her writing. So Charlie heads for her grandmother's cottage in remote Lake Ringrose, Ontario, hoping to reconnect with the memory of her mother. Despite Gram's warnings, Charlie is drawn to bad boy Kerry. Has he reformed, or does he mean trouble for Charlie? And when family secrets come to light, will her family be torn apart