A Mist of Memories

by Kate Blair

Overview

Charlotte and her family have always been the only inhabitants on Levay Island, a popular tourist spot. But the island has been closed to the public since Charlotte’s freak accident on the cliffs. Her recovery isn’t going well – she hardly has any memories from before the accident, keeps losing hours of time, and is seeing a ghostly woman from the dark myths of her fog-bound island. She doesn’t think she can trust her own mind any more.

On the mainland, Ajay is desperately searching for his friend and crush, Oleander, who disappeared from their seaside town after her father’s suicide and the leaking of a nude photo. When Ajay’s search brings him to the forgotten island of Levay, he and Charlotte must face memories they are desperate to forget and find out who the Lady of Levay is before the legend claims them both.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770866966
Publisher:	Cormorant Books
Publication date:	05/27/2023
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Kate Blair is an award-nominated author originally from Hayling Island, UK. She has been a finalist for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award and the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Snow Willow Award. Her novels Transferral and Tangled Planet were both longlisted for the Sunburst Award and Transferral was a Starred Selection of the Canadian Children's Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens. Blair currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Editorial Reviews

Twists and turns abound, but the heart of the book is its poignant exploration of regret, grief, and loss …. A modern gothic thriller with emotional depth.”

Kirkus Reviews

[A Mist of Memories] is full of twists and turns to keep you intrigued and the ending is powerful.”

Young Mensan Magazine - Bianca M.

A Mist of Memories is an engaging read with an unpredictable plot, mythic setting, and complex characters.”

CM: Canadian Review of Materials - Ruth Scales McMahon

2023-03-29
A forgotten island holds the answers to more than one mystery in this haunting page-turner.

Charlotte and her parents live alone on Levay Island, surrounded by cliffs and separated from the coast of England by a misty sea. After her traumatic accident earlier in the year, she’s been confined to the island, struggling with memory lapses and plagued by the feeling that something isn’t quite right with her family. In a small town across the water, Ajay is reeling from the disappearance of his friend Oleander. He can’t shake the dire circumstances under which she went missing or her erratic behavior in the days prior. Ajay decides to retrace Oleander’s steps, and when his investigation leads him to Charlotte’s island, the two find kinship and a common goal in their search for truth. But to their dismay, it seems the more they try to probe the island’s secrets, the more it fights to stay forgotten. Both the gloominess of Ajay’s seaside town and the crumbling grandeur of Charlotte’s island lend atmospheric dread that complements the story’s gothic elements: unreliable narrators, visions, uncanny occurrences, and more. Twists and turns abound, but the heart of the book is its poignant exploration of regret, grief, and loss. Ajay is of South Asian descent, bringing subtle tension to interactions with the otherwise predominantly White cast, including Charlotte and her parents.

A modern gothic thriller with emotional depth. (Mystery. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews