The Come From Aways

In the early 1960's on Long Island a winning cast of teachers and students in Suppogue High School cope with a mysterious murder forbidden romances and political upheavals. The plucky heroine Lucy Mackenzie snares the dangerous murderer and finds her own life-affirming answers. Memorable characters include The Owl Prince a Merlin of an artist-teacher; Tony Nappa a defiant communist historian; troubled students on paths of self-destruction rescued by teachers' unique acts of courage; and good-hearted Jimmy Duffer and his buddy debonair Noah Leonard who journey from Long Island to colorful Newfoundland to solve big mysteries in the story; a rollicking good read; a spirited old-fashioned novel delivered with literary flair