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Summary Of Mattie Gokey In 'A Northern Light'
Imagine living on a farm with little money in the 1900’s and having a big dream to become a writer, that was the story of Mattie Gokey. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly tells the anecdote of Mattie and her poor family living in Eagle Bay. Mattie always tried to help out her father by making extra money working at the Glenmore hotel, but when the staff finds a mysterious body in the lake everyone tries to ascertain what happened to it. Little does everyone know, that Mattie ran into this girl right before she was found and gave her a collection of letters to burn. Nobody knows this and it is a huge secret that Mattie is keeping from everyone to help solve the mystery. The chapters go back and forth between present day and the days Mattie
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