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Summer of Lost Letters, The

Hannah Reynolds

Ages: 14+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin

ISBN: 978-0-593-34972-4

Keywords: Romance, Holocaust, Family Secrets

After receiving a box of love letters written to her grandmother, Abby Schoenberg, 17, spends the summer on Nantucket trying to solve the mystery of her family's past.