I had a hard time settling into this book - it wasn't bad, it just didn't grab me like some books do. I DO think this book has a little something for everyone - mystery, drama, and pulls at your heartstrings too. I loved that the main character, Lily, is a big reader :)
From Amazon:
Lily, who hasn’t spoken since the accident that killed her brother two years ago, does nothing to contradict the general notion that she is now brain damaged. She finds comfort in the openhearted affection of an elderly neighbor and in reading Nancy Drew mysteries on the sly. After Tinny, a troubled new girl in their small Illinois town, discovers that Lily is hiding the fact that she can still read, Lily finds it increasingly difficult to maintain the facade that has been her emotional shield. A present-tense account of scenes leading up to her brother’s death, inserted in italics at intervals within the primary first-person narrative, heightens the level of intensity as the main story progresses and the parallel narrative approaches that shrouded but clearly traumatic event.
Happy Reading! If you read Cicada Summer, comment on this post and let me know how you liked it! :)
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