The Vanishing Point

By Susan Bonners

Book Overview

Summers have always been an idyllic time for Kate Harris, spent with her family at her grandparents' farm. But this summer is bringing many changes: a new job for one sister, a coming baby for the other, and back surgery scheduled for her father. An invitation has been extended to spend the summer at the beach with the Langs, family friends Kate hasn't seen since she was a baby. Going there seems like abandoning her father. And what if she and the Langs' daughter, Alison, don't get along? Yet Kate has never seen the ocean, and there is something about it that tempts her. She decides to go. Exploring the new town helps divert Kate's attention from her immediate worries, as do the drawing lessons she and Alison take at the Art Association. Then Kate and Alison go to an auction, and Kate impulsively bids on a soot-covered painting. Uncovering the artwork underneath and solving the mystery of its origins and prior ownership requires some determined detective work that takes Kate on an unexpected journey. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374380813
• ISBN13: 9780374380816
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher