The Magic Lake is a coming of age book following the life of the Wilde Family from the perspective of Jason Wilde. When Jason was going through those difficult pubescent years he suffers the loss of his two best friends. As he matures he, like all young men, has his heart broken by his first love. Then April, a girl like no other, simply walks into his life. Jason didn't know that girls like this existed. She leads Jason down a road finding a wilder, and freer life then any he had imagined existed. His life will never be the same. His education is only beginning. Follow him as he learns about love, sex, and tragedy. He sometimes thinks that he is the luckiest boy in the world. But what will he do when he has to give it all up? Will he be able to sacrifice everything he has become?