Fog by Nathaniel Beardsley
Years later, when Jeff thought back to the summer of 1958, the first thing he would remember was the fog.
Every morning and every night, great white sheets of it rolled in from the ocean, smothering the town in a misty blanket so thick a person standing five feet in front of you would all but disappear. The fog always seemed to be saying something, as if by flowing over the rooftops, towers, and church steeples it was speaking some alien language that no human would ever understand. Jeff included.
Some twelve miles off the coast of Rhode Island, Block Island was like a North American Shangri-La, a place where news of the outside world came slowly, and then mostly during the summer, when tourists more than tripled the island’s tiny population. It was a place untouched by time, where fishermen laid out their kills on the shore in the evening, and ancient automobiles drove down wide streets without being stared at. It was a place of empty, crumbling buildings, stretched aga...
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Every morning and every night, great white sheets of it rolled in from the ocean, smothering the town in a misty blanket so thick a person standing five feet in front of you would all but disappear. The fog always seemed to be saying something, as if by flowing over the rooftops, towers, and church steeples it was speaking some alien language that no human would ever understand. Jeff included.
Some twelve miles off the coast of Rhode Island, Block Island was like a North American Shangri-La, a place where news of the outside world came slowly, and then mostly during the summer, when tourists more than tripled the island’s tiny population. It was a place untouched by time, where fishermen laid out their kills on the shore in the evening, and ancient automobiles drove down wide streets without being stared at. It was a place of empty, crumbling buildings, stretched aga...
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Summary: A group of curious boys sneak into an abandoned casino on Block Island, only to encounter mysterious...
Review: This thrilling adventure is full of suspense and surprises that will keep young readers on the edge ...
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