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GoneAway lake
Author: Elizabeth Enright

Grade 3-6-Elizabeth Enright's 1957 Newbery Honor book (Harcourt, pap. 1990) will continue to entertain and enlighten today's children in this audiobook format just as the print version has for generations. A brief opening train ride (one of the only somewhat dated segments in the book) introduces listeners to Portia and Foster, siblings on their... more »

ISBN: 400909
Publication Date: 1957
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Sherrie M. (sghm) reviewed Gone-Away lake on 12/5/2005 + 14 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Wonderful children's adventure. Portia and her cousin Julian discover summer adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.

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Lora L. reviewed Gone-Away lake on 3/7/2006 + 6 more book reviews

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I read this aloud to my children, and they were entranced throughout the whole thing. Very good book!!

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Tammy E. reviewed Gone-Away lake on 1/2/2007 + 10 more book reviews

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return to gone-away is the next book.....

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Gail R. (abigailsdaughter) reviewed Gone-Away lake on 11/21/2012 + 201 more book reviews

The children discover a ghost town near a swamp that was once a thriving summer lakeside community - inhabited by two welcoming eccentric seniors, who recount to them some of their memories from the turn of the century and help them create secret "clubhouses." I didn't like this as much as I did the author's trilogy, "The Saturdays," "The Four-Story Mistake," and "Spiderweb for Two," but it is a nice read.

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Lori M. reviewed Gone-Away lake on 11/22/2009 + 8 more book reviews

This is my all-time favorite children's book. As another reviewer mentioned, I read this aloud to my children and they fell in love with it, too. If you're a nature lover, Enright will have you entranced by her vivid descriptions. Adults, feel free to pick this one up and enjoy it even if you have no children handy. It is charming.

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