Tyler Hixson

Aug 1, 2024 | slj.com | Maureen Johnson |Tyler Hixson

Gr 9 Up–Marlowe Wexler is an accidental arsonist. After an exploding candle ruins her first date with the girl of her dreams—and a family friend’s cabin—Marlowe wants nothing more than to get away. She snatches at the opportunity to take a summer job as a tour guide on Ralston Island, one of the Thousand Islands (of salad dressing fame) and home of the infamous Morning House, where, in the 1930s, two of the Ralston children tragically and mysteriously died.