Make a Little Wave
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Swim with the current, or go against the flow?
Savannah has been feeling out of place ever since her family moved to Sandy Dune, Florida. She finds it easier to make friends with animals than people. Plus, everyone in Sandy Dune seems to love spending time in the ocean, and Sav never feels comfortable leaving the shore.
When her classmate Tanner invites her to the opening of his family’s restaurant, Sav’s excited—until she’s served a bowl of shark fin soup. Sav has always been scared of sharks, but she’s horrified that they’re inhumanely killed for this expensive delicacy. Especially as she learns more about these surprisingly gentle creatures and discovers that some shark species are being hunted to the point of endangerment. Tanner’s family brushes off her concerns, but Sav resolves to stop them from serving the soup.
To do that, she’ll have to learn how to use her voice and face her biggest fears.
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When Florida eighth grader Savannah becomes an eco-warrior on behalf of sharks, she finds herself at odds with her human community. Sav has just moved from Orlando to the fictional ocean town of Sandy Dune. Because she has cochlear implants, she's nervous about venturing underwater, much less swimming with sharks on an outing arranged by her father. After she hits it off with flirty classmate Tanner and his friends, her social circle takes shape. But those friendships are in jeopardy when, at Tanner's family's fancy seafood restaurant, she unwittingly tastes an off-menu "delicacy," shark fin soup, and throws up in disgust. Sav's impassioned research into illegal shark finning compels her into radical action: releasing roaches at the restaurant, posting photos on social media (which authorities construe as bullying), and damaging a yacht to halt fishing charters. Via empathetic depictions of her actions—through which Sav makes more than a little wave—O'Malley Cerra (Just a Drop of Water) illustrates how diplomacy and team-building get the job done. Characters read as white. Ample back matter, including more about sharks by the author's marine biologist daughter, concludes. Ages 11–14.
