This is a story that will appeal to a wide range of readers. It’s also about friendship, trust, and helping others. George takes the story about Becca and turns it into not only Becca’s story, but a tale about motherly love and sacrifice. Where will Becca end up living when she is no longer able to stay in the tree house in the woods? What is special about the black seal? Why is Cilla not able to speak or communicate clearly and where did she come from?Īs in the first book, there is an element of the paranormal in the story. There are mysteries aplenty in the story. Only one character, the mysterious Cilla, is written in first person narration. George is a masterful writer, and she writes chapters from different characters’ points of view, allowing the reader a chance to really learn about all the characters and why they react to each other the way they do. What kind of seal she is and why she visits the island on the same day each year is another part of the mystery. In this book, Whidbey Island is getting ready to celebrate the yearly arrival of Nera, a coal black seal, who visits the island on the same day every year. Becca has not been able to contact her mother since. Her mother was going to get settled, and she had Becca stay with a friend on the island in the meantime, but when Becca arrived (in the first book), the friend had just died. She and her mother were on the run from her murderous stepfather (Becca found out when she accidentally read his mind).

It includes characters from the first book: Becca, a girl who can read the thoughts of others but not always clearly Derric, a Ugandan orphan with whom she developed a close relationship and a few others who helped Becca when she found herself alone on the island. “The Edge of the Water” is the sequel to “ The Edge of Nowhere,” by Elizabeth George, a mystery that takes place on Whidbey Island.

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