Strong Like the Sea
by Wendy S. Swore
Publication Date: 5/25/21
Hardcover
ISBN: 9781629729022
Retail Price: $16.99
Page Count: 304
Juvenile Fiction
Cover Illustration: Mercé Lòpez
Book Design: © Shadow Mountain
Art Direction: Richard Erickson
Design: Emily Remington
Synopsis:
Even though twelve-year-old Alexis was born in Hawaii, she won’t surf or swim with her friends—not since the ocean and its hidden creatures swept her out to sea. Instead, she grabs her best detective hat and decodes her mom’s latest challenge.
Alex’s mom works in counterintelligence and leaves codes, ciphers, and puzzles behind for Alex to solve, always with a “treasure” at the end. It’s a brilliant game between them, and Alex loves figuring out her mom’s puzzles—especially the tricky ones—but when an emergency at sea puts her mom in possible danger, solving the next one suddenly feels far more urgent.
Friends help as Alex races to decipher each clue before time runs out, but when the trail leads to grumpy old Uncle, his enormous dog Sarge, and a sea turtle unlike any other, the challenge changes into something bigger than any before. With storms on the horizon and lives on the line, Alex must face her fears to solve Mom’s challenge and save those she loves. With her ohana to help, she must be strong like the sea.
Featuring a secret ocean code with a hidden message for YOU to decipher!
About the Author:
Wendy S. Swore and her family are farmers. She writes part-time, particularly in winter when her farming chores give her time to plant seeds in her imagination. Her debut novel, A Monster Like Me, was the 2019 Gold Winner for Juvenile Fiction from Foreword Reviews. She is a member of SCBWI.
Wendy S. Swore is the author of A Monster Like Me, nominee of the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award, the Oklahoma Sequoyah Award and winner of the Foreword Reviews Indie Gold Award for Juvenile Fiction.
Advanced Praise:
“Swore packs this story about a curious, competitive girl full of moving themes and vivid imagery. Alex's resiliency, strong mindedness, and intelligence carries her through her worries. Swore's descriptions of Alex's anxieties ring true, and elements of mystery, ecology, and personal growth give this tightly constructed novel plenty of appeal.”
-Booklist
“Exciting story features lush descriptions of Hawaii. An intriguing mystery. Themes of family (both found and blood) at its heart.”
-School Library Journal
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