Gentlehands

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Sixteen-year-old Buddy Boyle makes a shattering discovery about his family in this powerful and poignant novel by award-winning author M. E. Kerr
Buddy Boyle lives with his parents and younger brother in a small house on a half-acre of land in undesirable Seaville, New York. Skye Pennington spends her summers on the opposite end of town on five acres with a view of the ocean. Buddys dad is a police sergeant; Skyes is the head of a multi-million-dollar industry.
But none of that stops Buddy and Skye from falling in love. To impress her, Buddy takes Skye to visit his aristocratic grandfather in Montauk. Frank Trenker is Buddys mothers father, a man she never talks about. Just as Buddy feels hes getting to know his estranged grandfather, reporter Nicholas De Lucca shows up. For three years, hes been searching for a notorious Nazi war criminal known as Gentlehands. When De Lucca uncovers a shocking connection to Buddys grandfather, Buddy refuses to believe the accusations.
One of M. E. Kerrs very best novels, Gentlehands tells a spellbinding story of love, loyalty, and the family you thought you knew.

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Kerr at her provocative best. School Library Journal

Author Bio

M. E. Kerr was born Marijane Meaker in Auburn, New York. Her interest in writing began with her father, who loved to read, and her mother, who loved to tell stories of neighborhood gossip. Unable to find an agent to represent her work, Meaker became her own agent, and wrote articles and books under a series of pseudonyms: Vin Packer, Ann Aldrich, Laura Winston, M. E. Kerr, and Mary James. As M. E. Kerr, Meaker has produced over twenty novels for young adults and won multiple awards, including the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her lifetime contribution to young adult literature.