Julie In Between — Elizabeth Taylor

Julie Tennant's grandmother dies two months before summer vacation. Julie is devastated but like any fifteen-year-old the desire to have fun with friends at times overcomes her sadness.
Harris Vane gives Julie her first kiss, but that night he takes Meg to the beach party. Although Harris has his arm around Meg, he stares at Julie through the bonfire flames and suddenly asks Julie to sit with him. He then recounts the legend of his Great Aunt Veronica who drowned at the beach sixty years ago.
Julie learns that Gran isn't just a memory or a spirit but a presence within her heart forever. The death of a loved one is hard, but in these difficult times Julie reaches out for her friends Dixie, Clarence, and old Miss Tuckwell, and for the first time realizes the true value of friends. She also learns that stories from the past are valuable and can ground people to their present life.