The Lake Effect

**A funny, bracing, poignant YA romance and coming-of-age for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, *Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, *and *The Beginning of Everything*

***lake effect | n.

1. The effect of any lake, especially the Great Lakes, in modifying the weather in nearby areas

2. The effect of elderly ladies, mysterious girls, and countless funerals, in upending your life, one summer at the beach

*It's the summer after senior year, and Briggs Henry is out the door. He's leaving behind his ex-girlfriend and his parents' money troubles for Lake Michigan and its miles of sandy beaches, working a summer job as a personal assistant, and living in a gorgeous Victorian on the shore. It's the kind of house Briggs plans to buy his parents one day when he's a multi-millionaire. But then he gets there. And his eighty-four-year-old boss tells him to get dressed for her funeral.

So begins a summer of social gaffes, stomach cramps, fraught beach volleyball...