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SummerHill Secrets: Volume 2
Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007
Beverly Lewis

Cover illustration by Eric Walljasper
Cover landscape photography © 2006 Ed Heaton

Previously published in five separate volumes:

House of Secrets
© 1996 Beverly Lewis
Echoes in the Wind
© 1997 Beverly Lewis
Hide Behind the Moon
© 1998 Beverly Lewis
Windows on the Hill
© 1999 Beverly Lewis
Shadows Beyond the Gate
© 2000 Beverly Lewis

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Scripture quotations identified TLB are from
The Living Bible
© 1971 owned by assignment by Illinois Regional Bank N.A. (as trustee). Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
www.bethanyhouse.com

Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

E-book edition created 2011

ISBN 978-1-5855-8664-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Contents

About the Author

Books by Beverly Lewis

BOOK ONE: House of Secrets

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

BOOK TWO: Echoes in the Wind

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

BOOK THREE: Hide Behind the Moon

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

BOOK FOUR: Windows on the Hill

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

BOOK FIVE: Shadows Beyond the Gate

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

From Beverly . . . To You

Looking for More Good Books to Read?

About the Author

BEVERLY LEWIS, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, fondly recalls her growing-up years. A keen interest in her mother’s Plain family heritage has inspired Beverly to set many of her popular stories in Amish country, beginning with her inaugural novel,
The Shunning.

A former schoolteacher and accomplished pianist, Beverly has written over eighty books for adults and children. Five of her blockbuster novels have received the Gold Book Award for sales over 500,000 copies, and
The Brethren
won a 2007 Christy Award.

Beverly and her husband, David, make their home in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, reading, writing, making music, and spending time with their three grandchildren.

Books by Beverly Lewis

G
IRLS
O
NLY
(GO!)
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Youth Fiction

Girls Only! Volume One
Girls Only! Volume Two

S
UMMER
H
ILL
S
ECRETS

Youth Fiction

SummerHill Secrets Volume One
SummerHill Secrets Volume Two

H
OLLY’S
H
EART
Youth Fiction

Holly’s Heart Collection One

Holly’s Heart Collection Two

Holly’s Heart Collection Three
*

www.BeverlyLewis.com

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4 books in each volume        

5 books in each volume

To
Verna Flower,
whose loving hospitality
eased my homesickness
during college days …
and
who read
my first book manuscript
with editorial encouragement.
Thanks, Aunt Verna,
for your prayers
and love
all these years.

You spread out our sins before you—
our secret sins—and see them all.

—P
SALM
90:8 TLB

Chapter
1

Eerie and still, the study hall classroom echoed my words. “What do you mean your mom’s disappeared?”

I stared at my friend Chelsea Davis. Her thick auburn hair fell around her shoulders.

Her voice trembled as she searched in her schoolbag. “Sometime in the night … she … Mom must’ve written this note. And now …” Chelsea paused, staring at the folded paper in her hand. “Now she’s gone.”

She scanned the study hall cautiously, waiting until the last student vacated the room. Then she handed me the note.

“Do you really want me to read this?” I said, noticing how very pale her face had become.

Chelsea nodded, and slowly, I unfolded the paper.

Before you wake up, I’ll be gone. Don’t try to find me. I’m happy where I’ll be.

My throat felt tight as I read the frightful words. Startled, I refolded the note.

I’m happy where I’ll be. …
Questions nagged at me, but I said nothing.

Chelsea’s voice cracked, breaking the silence. “I guess you never know how important your family is until one of them is gone.”

Her words struck a chord. I, too, had experienced the loss of a family member. My twin sister, Faithie, had died of leukemia at age seven.

But this? This was far different. Surely Mrs. Davis would return to her family. Maybe she and Mr. Davis had argued; maybe she needed space—time to sort things out.

“Give it a few days,” I said almost without thinking. “I mean, your mom’s got to come back home.”

Chelsea sighed. “I hope you’re right, but this morning I poked around in Mom’s closet. She didn’t take much with her, but she’s definitely gone.” Chelsea stared at the underside of her watch. “For no reason, she just walked out … left Dad and me.”

I slipped my assignment notebook into my schoolbag. “How’s your dad handling things?”

“Well, we talked at breakfast.” She had a faraway look in her eyes. “You see, Mom had these new friends … a superweird guy and his wife. They were always whispering with her the few times they came to our house. They were into some of the same stuff Mom likes—astrological charts, seances, and stuff like that. Anyway, Mom went with them for coffee several times about a month ago, around the time she got laid off from work. Next thing I knew, she was going to their house for supper, and a couple of times the three of them went to some metaphysical fair in Philadelphia.”

“Did they invite your dad along?”

Chelsea nodded. “Mom and Dad both went to a secret meeting with them at a hotel once.” A frown crept between her eyes. “The thing is, Mom seemed awfully excited about these people—about their mysterious activities.”

“What about the meeting? What was
that
all about?”

“Beats me, but after the first time, Dad refused to go again. Mom was furious. I heard them talking in the kitchen late one night, and I crawled out of bed to listen at the top of the steps. Mom was beside herself—nearly hysterical—trying to get Dad to see what she said was ‘the true light.’ Over and over she kept saying it—that he was resisting ‘the true light.’ ”

Describing the scene really seemed to bug my friend—the crimped sound in her usually mellow voice and the way she blinked back angry tears told me more than her words. Somewhere along the line, Chelsea Davis had declared herself an atheist. I wondered if she resented her mom for this spiritual encounter—or whatever was going on.

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