'The Poison Season' is a teen or even an adult romance novel written by Maria Rutherford. It is all about family and friends living on the island of Endla that is protected by magic and a wandering forest. It is also surrounded by a poisoned lake. The main characters of Leelo and her cousin Sage are known as watchers for the Endlans believe that the citizens on the mainland are their enemies. The island is self-sustaining as long as the inhabitants give sacrifices to the forest. If any Endlan does not show some sort of magic they are incantu (this means the person does not have magic) and must be banished. Music and singing are the ways that magic is done in most cases on Endla Tate seems not to have magic and Leelo keeps hoping right to the last minute that Tate exhibits something.
Leelo's little brother Tate is one and Leelo does not want him to leave for he is only 12 too young to be sent to the mainland to live by himself. The watchers are to kill any mainlander tries to cross on the lake during winter for the Endlans think that they want to hurt them some way. Leelo does meet a mainlander that led over the years to the island and one day he gets in the boat and floats over and Leelo sees him and helps him even though she is really supposed to kill him, and secrets start.
Leelo's family is full of secrets, and they are burdened with them in several ways. This is a story of family and keeping the together. Does keeping secrets really help keep families happy. "The Poison Season' is a novel that is a fast-paced read that will keep you reading to the end. It is a true family story.
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Yea I believe keeping secrets make family happy.