Shadows Across the Lake

A Pineberry Friends Novel
by Debbie Blower

Some secrets don't disappear.
They wait.

When Ava Reynolds returns to Camp Pineberry for another summer, she expects campfires, canoe races, and familiar faces. What she doesn't expect are strange lights flashing from across the lake - or the feeling that someone on the other shore is watching back.

As new rules tighten around the camp and questions are quietly discouraged, Ava and her friends uncover a forgotten connection between Pineberry and the boys' camp across the water. With the help of a quiet boy who knows what it means to carry a name tied to an unfinished story, Ava must decide what to do when the truth isn't hidden anymore - just inconvenient.

Set during a summer at camp, Shadows Across the Lake is a thoughtful middle-grade mystery about courage, friendship, and the power of asking questions when silence feels safer.