Books like Trout Summer by Jane Leslie Conly
During a largely unsupervised summer, a brother and sister stay in a cabin near a river. There they befriend an elderly man who imparts wisdom, and they grapple with their parentsβ failing marriage while contemplating their own paths forward.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jane Leslie Conly
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