New Kid on the Block [antikvár]

Chapter 1Amanda MacKenzie gazed out of the bus window at the green countryside. In late August, the wildflowers were thick, and the trees, although still lush with summer foliage, were beginning to show patches of fall color. The seventeen-year-old girl whose pretty face was reflected in the tinted glass of the window had come a long way from Grand Bay, New Brunswick, a town in one of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. She was traveling to a small New England town called Cresswell. She had already put the United States-Canada border behind her, but she was still a good distance from her ultimate destination.A new life awaited Amanda in Cresswell. She was leaving an unhappy life with her aunt and uncle in Grand Bay. They were severe people who had not really wanted to take Amanda after her parents had been killed in a boating accident. She had never felt welcome in their home. She knew that when they discovered her note