The House Across the Lake

Joanna's summer becomes filled with adventure and deceit when she's drawn to the house across the lake, one of the places her grandparents have forbidden her to go. In the vacant house, she discovers a little boy who is mute. Who is he? Where did he come from? Why is he living there? Gradually, Joanna learns the answers to these questions, and she is determined to find the child's parents before she must return to the city. Deceit grows upon deceit until both their lives are at risk.