The Windy Hill - Cornelia Meigs

A pair of teens visiting their wealthy Cousin Jasper in a sleepy seaside community stumble upon a family mystery in this suspenseful Newbery Honor Book. When the strangely distant Jasper barely acknowledges their arrival, Oliver and Janet form a friendship with a local beekeeper, whose tales of the region''s past and their ancestors'' history slowly reveal the secret behind their cousin''s depression — and just might suggest a solution.