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Chapter 2: Reunions

"The house was a small, one-story, three-bedroom cabin, fourth house from the beach."

This is the boardwalk to the beach from Grandpa's house.


Chapter 6: Marshmallows and Other Delights

"Grandpa—I remember now. You showed up at a barbecue that day carrying a bush with marshmallows growing off the ends of the branches,” I recounted the returning memory. “You broke off the branches with marshmallows and told us it was the only way to know if they were fresh. And we’d roast them right on those sticks.”



Chapter 6: Marshmallows and Other Delights

This is one of the foxes that inhabit Island Beach State Park. Grandpa kept a census of them.

Chapter 9: Beach Blanket Bingo

Katy had an unfortunate incident with a fox names Solitaire.








Chapter 8: The Sedge

Kayaking in the sedge.








Chapter 8: The Sedge


This is an osprey or "fish-hawk" that was reintroduced into Island Beach by Pete McClain after it was nearly wiped out by destruction of their habitat and weakening of their eggs by the use of DDT to control mosquitos.





Chapter 8: The Sedge

This is a peregrine falcon on its "hack-tower" that was introduced into Island Beach State Park by Pete McClain. Peregrine falcons are not indigenous to Island Beach. 






Chapter 8: The Sedge

This is a Great Blue Heron in flight.








Chapter 14: Close Encounters

This is the exposed Geotube from which Daniel launched golf balls to simulate a meteor shower to unsuspecting boaters in the Barnegat Inlet.








Chapter 14: Close Encounters

This is the Barnegat Lighthouse "Old Barney" on the Long Beach Island side of the Barnegat Inlet.





Chapter 15: Perspective

Fisherman's Walk is the boardwalk that connects Tice's Shoal on the bayside to the beach. Tice's Shoal is where Katy learned that Sam's boyfriend Billy was more than a simple bully.

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