The students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach.
As summer unfolds, startling truths are revealed about the survivors and their parents, the secrets kept, promises broken, and hearts betrayed..
Questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel.
The other passengers, Penny\'s boyfriend, Jake, and her friend Demeter, are physically unhurt--but the emotional damage is overwhelming.
What begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother in a coma.
A warm June evening, a local tradition: the students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach.
The queen of the summer novel explores the power of community, family, and honesty-and proves that even from the ashes of sorrow new love can take flight ( Kirkus Reviews ).
But what begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver of the car dead, her twin brother in a coma, and their friends with immense emotional damage.
The students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach
