Troubling a Star: The Austin Family Chronicles Book 5

About this book

After a year in New York City and a summer with her grandfather Vicky Austin returns to the rural connecticut village she grew up in-- and feels totally out of place. then she meets Adam Eddingtons Great-aunt serena who reminds her of her beloved grandfather and she begins to find a comfortable if not exciting routine to her days. At Christmas Serena gives Vicky a trip to Antarctica to visit Adam. Vicky cant believe her luck. But the trip is not what Vicky imagined it would be. First of all she doesnt know where she stands with Adam. Hes pulled back saying they are just friends. But werent they more than that Vicky thinks. And Vickys fellow passengers are not what they seem or they are more than she knows. Finally even Aunt Serenas motives are suspect as Vicky discovers a journal that belonged to Adams famous uncle who disappeared many years earlier. As Vicky becomes more and more caught up in a mystery involving drugs nuclear waste and international espionage she discovers that her assumptions about the world are hopelessly naive and that life hers included is as fragile as the ecosystem of Antarctica the worlds most remote continent.