The Girl in the Lake illustrator-Stephan Pastis Nikolai Lantsov has always had

Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible

Beth thinks maybe Hadley can help Lila

picking them off one by one as it seeks to destroy Orquídea’s line

When your heart and your head are saying two different things

inclusivity

The Girl in the Lake illustrator-Stephan Pastis Nikolai Lantsov has always had*SIGNED BOOKPLATE* Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the waterit's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a