The Edge of Nowhere
Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Becca's talent for hearing 'whispers' to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mother's childhood friend while her mother continues on to Canada in search of safety.
But on her first day in town Becca meets sixteen years old Derric Nyombe Matheson a Ugandan orphan who was adopted as a ten-year-old by the town's Deputy Sheriff. Derric has a secret that no one on Whidbey Island knows. Derric and Becca form an un-severable bond. Becca is convinced that she's the only person who can truly help him, and just maybe Derric can convince Becca that life is too short to live on the run.
Agatha Award Nominee for Best Children's/Young Adult Novel (2012); Edgar Award Nominee for Young Adult (2013)
About the Whidbey Island Saga Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Edge of Nowhere(2011)
- 2.The Edge of the Water(2014)
- 3.The Edge of the Shadows(2014)
- 4.The Edge of the Light(2016)
Reading age: 12+ years
This series should be read in order.
On Whidbey Island, nothing is as it seems. Becca's ability to hear "whispers"—the thoughts of others—has put her at risk from her criminal stepfather. So Becca escapes to Whidbey Island, where she hopes to find safety. But when a terrible accident affects everyone on the island, Becca finds herself wrapped up in a complicated mystery, and she isn't the only one with a secret...