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Title: Don't Let the Wind Catch You

Author: Aaron Paul Lazar

Narrator: Erik Synnestvedt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-13

Publisher: Aaron Paul Lazar

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

When young Gus LeGarde befriends a cranky old hermit in the woods who speaks to an Oneida Indian spirit named Penaki, he wonders if the man is nuts. But when Penni rattles tin cups, draws on dusty mirrors, and flips book pages, pestering them to find evidence to avenge her past and free her from earthly bondage, things change.

What Gus doesn'tunderstand is why his mother hates Tully. His relentless digging reveals a hint of scandal about Tully and Gus' maternal grandfather, Marlowe Wright. Can his natural compassion help him accept the not-so-normal facts about Tully and Marlowe?

On horseback, Gus and his friends ride through woods overlooking Conesus Lake,following Penni's trail to an abandoned house reportedly infected with the deadly Genesee Valley Fever from the 1700s. Unafraid, they enter and make anastounding find that could rewrite history.

Gus summons courage beyond his years in this poignant and powerful telling of the sultry summer of 1965.

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Members Reviews:

Easy Listen

This Aaron Paul Lazar's mystery is well written and is easy to pick and up and put down. Even though this story is part of a several part series, I had no trouble jumping in at this point and I didn't feel like I was missing anything as a listener/reader, which is very rare and commendable. It had a down to earth plot and fun twists and turns that can bring you back to your childhood adventure days.

Narrator, Erik Synnestvedt, does well to capture the youthful nature of this book. His voices are simple yet diverse and keep you engaged throughout the tale.

Overall a good read. I would recommend this to all.

This audiobook was given to me in exchange for an honest review.

This is Aaron's forte

If you could sum up Don't Let the Wind Catch You in three words, what would they be?

Brings Me Back

Who was your favorite character and why?

Gus

What does Erik Synnestvedt bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Timing was excellent

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Coming of age in small town America

Any additional comments?

Aaron masters the feelings of all three young characters, Gus, Elsbeth and Sigrid. The book stays in that 11-12 year old perspective and it true that reality throughout. I loved that. This is Aaron Lazar's strength. You fall in love with them and wish you were young again.

Engaging story

I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but I have to say I love young Gus and his adventures. I must admit I could tell what was coming, but I still enjoyed the book. I love this particular narrator and think he does a wonderful job of portraying many different characters. Sometimes you wonder if it's someone else's voice!

Adventure, fun, & ghosts--a 1960s summer

Gus LeGarde is twelve years old, it's 1965, and it's high summer. What could be better? He and his friends, the twins Elsbeth and Siegfried, ride their horses and boat on the lake and generally to all the unsupervised wandering around that kids did in the 1960s.

In the course of that wandering, they discover a local hermit, Zachariah Tully, living alone in an old cottage with no electrical power. Except he seems not to be alone; he talks to someone he calls Penni.