The village by the sea /
Paula Fox.
- New York : Orchard Books, c1988.
- 147 p. ; 22 cm.
"A Richard Jackson book"--Half title.
When her father enters the hospital to have open-heart surgery, ten-year-old Emma is sent to Peconic Bay to live with her tormented aunt and finds the experience painful until she meets a friend who suggests making a miniature village in the sand.