Cedar Lee

Cedar is a girl who is spending the summer in Iron Creek with her mother and brother, Miles. Cedar is a strong girl, but she is struggling with the loss of her father and brother, Ben, who were killed in a car wreck. Cedar feels their absence keenly, and she is dealing with her regrets as much as her grief. She regrets that she did not take time to know her father better and that she sometimes resented Ben, who was autistic and took a lot of the family's time and attention. As the novel opens, Cedar does not seem to have any desires of her own, other than to fight her sadness without hurting her mother or Miles. She is aware that they are all dealing with grief. She and Miles are not willing to do anything that requires anything of their mother. They have always...