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Name: The Forgotten Summer of Seneca
Author: Garrett, Camryn
ISBN: [978-1-41977-333-4,1-41977-333-X]

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The Forgotten Summer of Seneca

Author: Garrett, Camryn

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Follett Number: 2259AG5
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Amulet Books, 2025
Format: 247 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-41977-333-4
ISBN-10: 1-41977-333-X
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

Subjects:

Ability Fiction

Central Park (New York, N.Y.) Fiction

Central Park (New York, N.Y.) History 19th Century Fiction

Fantasy Fiction

Fantasy

Fathers Death Fiction

Friendship Fiction

Friendship in Children Fiction

Girls, Black Fiction

Grief Fiction

Imaginary Places Fiction

Magic Fiction

Missing Persons Fiction

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From acclaimed author Camryn Garrett comes a middle-grade mystery with a magical twist, about a girl who goes to live with her aunt in the summer after the loss of her father--and who finds a doorway in Central Park that leads to a magically preserved historical village Filled with sparkling magic, honest explorations of grief, and moving depictions of a new friendship, The Forgotten Summer of Seneca asks us to remember a history that's often overlooked--and imagine a future where we're brave enough to embrace change. Everything is changing, and twelve-year-old Rowan Robinson hates it. She's dreading having to spend her summer in New York City with her Aunt Monica, even though she used to love it. But things are just different after her father passed away. Without him, nothing about her world feels the same. Things start to get a little better when Rowan brings her dad's old camera to Central Park to take pictures. But as she's snapping photos, she notices a strange mirror-like shape floating in the air. When she gets closer to it, she trips and falls through the portal, and after she lands, she finds herself in a different world: Seneca Village, where Black people with magical abilities seem to live in the past, in a time without phones or electricity. At first, Rowan thinks it must be a dream, but the more time she spends in the village with her new friend Lily, the more she wants it to be real. But outsiders aren't even supposed to be able to find Seneca. Rowan and Lily aren't sure how Rowan was able to see the portal, but they suspect it might have something to do with the girl who normally guards the portal having gone missing. As Rowan and Lily search for clues to help find the missing girl and uncover the truth of the portal's magic, Rowan begins to realize what secrets this village might be hiding, and how the events of the past still linger in the present day.

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