Preface, Chapters 1 - 3 Summary

Claire McKenzie has never believed the myth that when an Indian Summer strikes Hackett Island, curses follow the unseasonable warmth. Yet she cannot forget the autumn when she met Lani Garver, the mysterious, androgynous boy who was eventually tortured and drowned at the fishing docks. When she sees him in her dreams, the fog around his body seems to take the shapes of wings. Since his death, she's been filled with questions, like why she was unable to save him. Why he came to Hackett Island in the first place, why she was drawn to him when no one else was, and where he is now. The rest of the novel traces back Claire's few months of friendship with Lani with the hope of answering some of these questions.

Ever since Claire started at Coast Regional High School, she's...