Hardcover
ISBN: 9781629729022
Retail Price: $16.99
Page Count: 304
Juvenile Fiction
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.
Cover Illustration: Mercé Lòpez
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 moms 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.
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.
The author is running a giveaway this week on Instagram. Check it out here.
The author is running a giveaway this week on Instagram. Check it out here.
Review - Strong Like the Sea shares a story that most kids can relate to...trying to overcome fears, learning to reach out to others, and dealing with stressful circumstances that you don't have control over. Alexis learns to grow strong through her trials. The lesson of being "strong like the sea" is a lesson that readers can apply to their own lives and take with them in their own trials and circumstances. I liked that this story has a moral and teaches lessons that kids can utilize. The story also goes above and beyond and shares a little bit in the history of ciphers during WWII, Hawaiian culture and history, and a little bit of oceanography. Strong Like the Sea's characters are likable, engaging and interesting. The story moves quickly. Kids will enjoy reading this story and it would be a fun read for the summer. This book is wholesome and clean. It would also be good for classroom use. There are many discussion points throughout the book that range from feelings to science.
Learn more about Strong Like the Sea here.
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