The Turn of the Tide
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
From acclaimed author of A Wolf Called Wander, Rosanne Parry comes an exciting and tender friendship story about two cousins looking for their destiny.
On a beautiful day in June, the ground broke open.
In Japan, you’re always prepared for an earthquake. That’s why Kai knows just what to do when the first rumbles shake the earth. But he does the exact opposite of what you’re supposed to do: He runs. And then the tsunami hits.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pacific, Kai’s cousin Jet sets sail off the coast of Astoria, Oregon. She knows she should have checked the tide—she always checks the tide. Except this time she didn’t.
When the biggest mistakes of their lives bring them together, Jet and Kai spend the summer regretting that one moment when they made the wrong decision. But there’s something about friendship that heals all wounds, and together, Jet and Kai find the one thing they never thought they’d have again—hope.
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After a tsunami leaves Kai's Japanese town in ruins, his parents, who are busy repairing the local nuclear plant, send him to America to live with his aunt, uncle, and cousins in Oregon. Kai goes reluctantly, but his heart remains in Japan as he is haunted by images of destruction and wracked with guilt for abandoning his grandparents at the height of the storm. Meanwhile, his American cousin, Jet, is also being bothered by her conscience. While sailing her father's boat, she made a serious mistake that put her and her brother at risk. Absorbed in their own concerns, the cousins remain polite but distant until their common interest in boats draws them together just in time for the annual Treasure Island sailing race, which will bring more danger than either child imagines. Alternating between the perspectives of two vulnerable protagonists, Parry (Written in Stone) has created a modern sea adventure that will keep young mariners rapt. Impulsive, outgoing, and determined Jet is an ideal foil for her introspective cousin. Ages 9 12.
