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Version: Abridged
Author: Elizabeth Enright
Narrator: Colleen Delaney
Genres: Juvenile & Children's, Classics, Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
Published In: September 2004
# of Units: 4 CDs
Length: 5 hours
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Overview

Enjoy the follow-up adventures of Portia, Foster, and cousin Julian engaged in more than the usual summer pastimes of sun, fun and games. The three intrepid children soon discover a fascinating abandoned summer resort, consisting of deserted crumbling Victorian summer homes surrounding a vanished lake, which is now a swamp.

Author Details

Author Details

Enright, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Enright was born in Oak Park, IL, on September 17, 1909. Her stories do not hide nor dwell on the pain, conflicts and disappointments of childhood but celebrate the joy, pleasure and love that are families. In 1939, Thimble Summer was awarded the Newbery Medal. Gone Away Lake gained three top honors over the years. In 1957 the book received the New York Herald Tribune's children's Spring Book Festival Award. It was also a 1958 Newbery Honor Book. In 1963, the American Library Association named Gone-Away Lake as the U.S. nominee for the international Hans Christian Anderson Award. In