[Publib] Book stumper help, please!

[Emily Jones]

That's it! 

This is why librarians are so great! Thank you very much!
Emily
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chantal Walvoord 
  To: Emily Jones ; publib at webjunction.org 
  Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:23 PM
  Subject: RE: [Publib] Book stumper help, please!


  That sounds like Age of Consent by Geoffrey Wolff(brother of Tobias Wolff)

   

  Chantal Walvoord

   


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  From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Emily Jones
  Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:47 PM
  To: publib at webjunction.org
  Subject: [Publib] Book stumper help, please!

   

  Hi,

   

  I thought this was a YA novel but haven't had any luck with the teen librarians in my system or on the YALSA-BK listserv, so I'm hoping one of you might be able to help!

   

  This is a book that I read in the past 3-4 years and it's driving me crazy that I can't think of the title. This is what I remember: 

   

  -teenage girl dives (off a rock or ledge?) into a shallow body of water and kills herself (or maybe just paralyzed)- maybe she was being molested? You know about her taking the plunge at the beginning of the story, and narrator tries to figure out why, if really suicide, etc.

  -her brother was shocked when she stripped down to her underwear/naked in front of everyone before she takes the dive; she does it during a community gathering of some sort, and lots of people see it happen

  -possibly told from a sibling's POV- brother?

  -story takes place in isolated, rural community

  -a pivotal character is some guy who makes wood furniture in his own workshop and may have had something to do with the girl's unhappiness

  -there's a house with a room (maybe in a tower) with lots of windows- I think the family built the house themselves

  -community gets together for seasonal celebrations- kids grew up knowing each other

   

  And I think there might also be something about the brother going to a private school, and some sort of scandal happened there with a teacher and another student. However, I might be mixing plots now as I slowly lose my mind. I have no idea why I'm so hung up on this!

   

  I'm going nuts and Novelist, Amazon, and Google aren't helping! I also sent out a request to our reference librarians listserv, and so far I can tell it is not: "The Dive from Clausen's Pier," a V.C Andrews title, or "Bee and Jacky."

   

  Thank you in advance for saving my sanity,

  Emily
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