Edgewater Chapter Summary

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The book I read was Edgewater by Courtney Sheinmel. It has 317 pages. The main characters are Lorrie Hollander, her sister Susannah, their aunt Gigi, Lennox, and Charlie Copeland. The story takes place in Idlewild, New York. The main conficlict is that Lorrie and her sister are completely out of money and all traces of their trust fund were completely erased. Lorrie i stelling the story. The first day of every month, Lorrie's mother transfers money into her daughters trust fund, enough to give them everything they need.Money for tuiton, boarding her horse, and a fancy equestrian camp, along with essentails such as food, water, clothes, and house and phone bills. When Lorrie is sent homee from camp "due to unsufficient funds" this …show more content…
Lennox lets Lorrie borrow clothes and a purse to wear before tey go to the compound where the Copelands live. Over the night, Charlie begins to get to know Lorrie and LEWnnox. LEnnox asks Charlie many questions, about his family and life. Soon, Charlie's mother Julia struts onto the stage to make a big announcement. Lennox is eager to hear whats he says and drags Lorrie into the horde of people in timke to hear her news-"it is that very dream that has ispired me to realize one of my own. Tonight I am announcing my candidacy for the United States House of Representatives. The girls survived the earthquake of applause and go to find Charlie, but he dissapeared. They decided to go back home. A few days later, Lorrie goes up to the attic where all her mother's leftover belongings are and searcxhes for clues about why she left. She learns tyhat she had an affair with a guy named Junior...and Junior was Susannah's …show more content…
She and her sister received a great deal of money from the senator's will. Gigi was taken to a hospital where she would be well taken care of. Edgewater was deeply cleaned and sold. LOrrie goes to live with Naomi at Oceanfront. Lennox starts her senior year early at her prstigious boarding school. Charlie buys Lorrie her horse back. He had been sold to make more money. This was a good book. The dialogue wasnt very written, and the plotmoved very quickly. I do recommend reading this because I couldnt put it down and it kept me on the edge of my seat. This book is good for fourth, fifth and sixth graders, because it is essentially kid friendly. This is a good book for both genders, but since the main character is a girl, i would guesss that girls would undertsand it

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