Author Description

Just when everything seems to be going wrong, hopeÑand loveÑcan appear in the most unexpected places. Summer has begun, the beach beckonsÑand Francesca Schnell is going nowhere. Four years ago, FrancescaÕs little brother, Simon, drowned, and FrancescaÕs the one who should have been watching. Now Francesca is about to turn sixteen, but guilt keeps her stuck in the past. Meanwhile, her best friend, Lisette, is moving onÑmost recently with the boy Francesca wants but canÕt have. At loose ends, Francesca trails her father, who may be having an affair, to the local country club. There she meets four-year-old Frankie Sky, a little boy who bears an almost eerie resemblance to Simon, and Francesca begins to wonder if itÕs possible Frankie could be his reincarnation. Knowing Frankie leads Francesca to places she thought sheÕd never dare to goÑand it begins to seem possible to forgive herself, grow up, and even fall in love, whether or not she solves the riddle of Frankie Sky.