e-book [Download] Sugaring Off by Gillian French
A dazzling and evocative novel about love and loss?with a dash of thrilling mystery?for fans of Mindy McGinnis and Courtney Summers.Left partially deaf by an early childhood tragedy that ended in her father?s incarceration, seventeen-year-old Owl is now a tracker, an explorer, a wildlife enthusiast,?and?always her freest self while hiking the steep forested acres surrounding her aunt and uncle?s maple sugar farm, now her home.?Owl and her aunt and uncle?never speak of the brutal attack?that brought her to them.?On the day she confronts a stranger trespassing among the maples, Owl?s sheltered existence is blown wide open by Cody?the magnetic, dangerous young man?hired to help with the sugaring off. Cody seems to see?her, the?real?her, in a way no one else does. Together, they challenge each other, learn to question their preconceptions, and risk a romance their families are desperate to stop.???But when Owl learns that some part of Cody is compelled toward self-destruction, she must