"Eleven-year-old Clara winter (she prefers the lowercase, and she has her reasons) is struggling to find the truth about her missing father and her twin sister, but her mother refuses to reveal any information.When Clara begins interviewing her elderly neighbor Georg Kominsky for a school assignment she finds that he, too, is reticent about his concealed history.Precocious and imaginative, Clara invents Mr. Kominsky's history just as she invents lives for the people missing from her own shadowy past; together this unlikely pair embark on a journey of discovery, in this beautifully told story of family and friendship. "

This book is set in the Adirondack Mountains, and gives a lot of space to harsh winters and snow storms.
Clara is a very touching character, as is the old man.

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