A Tear in the Ocean
  • Published: 20 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780399545245
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $14.99
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A Tear in the Ocean

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20 Mar 2020
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5 Feb 2019
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This stunning middle grade historical fantasy adventure is a companion to the critically acclaimed A Crack in the Sea. Now in paperback.

This stunning middle grade historical fantasy adventure is a companion to the critically acclaimed A Crack in the Sea. Now in paperback.

Putnam, the future king of Raftworld, wants more than anything to prove himself. When the water in the Second World starts to become salty and his father won't do anything about it, Putnam sees his chance. He steals a boat and sneaks off toward the source of the salty water. He doesn't know he has a stowaway onboard, an island girl named Artie. As the two face uncertainty and danger in their shared adventure, an extraordinary friendship forms. Meanwhile, a hundred years in the past, Rayel, princess of Raftworld, flees to southern waters, escaping an arranged marriage, and foiling a plot to kill her father.

Told in alternating perspectives with Putnam and Artie traveling further and further into the uncharted southern sea--and Rayel, the key to the saltwater mystery, sailing the same sea in her own time--Putnam and Artie must put aside their differences and figure out why the sea is salty before it's too late.
  • Published: 20 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780399545245
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $14.99
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Praise for A Tear in the Ocean

Praise for A Tear in the Ocean:

"In the companion to A Crack in the Sea (2017), Bouwman offers stories of loss, hope, perseverance.... masterfully infus[ing] old fairy tales and legends into her alternate-universe adventure, meticulously weaving times and storylines into a riveting plot....that will have readers reflecting on their own experiences of grief, longing, regret, survival, and overcoming." --Kirkus Reviews

"Bouwman elegantly twists and twirls the two narrations, finally bringing them together in...an engaging and original coming-of-age story with an unpredictable and adventurous plot, sure to captivate middle-grade and middle-school fantasy buffs." --Horn Book Magazine

"Bouwman's new novel is an imaginative companion to her widely praised "A Crack in the Sea"...[with] Yuko Shimizu's lively illustrations...[is] fast-paced, interesting, and thoughtful." --Pioneer Press

"A Tear in the Ocean is a classic fairy tale, a quest story, grappling with darkness and a journey of discovery. But Bouwman turns it into something quieter and deeper...Yuko Shimizu's illustrations of the novel's multiracial characters add to the story's emotional resonance." --Star Tribune

Praise for A Crack in the Sea:

Winter 2016-2017 Kids' Indie Next Pick
A Midwest Connections Pick for January 2017
A Maine Student Book Award 2018-2019 Reading List Pick for Grades 4-6 and 4-8
A Sunshine State Young Readers Award Book 2018-2019 List Pick for Grades 6-8

"Through the captivating interwoven tales of these three sibling pairs--and with assistance from Shimizu's powerful ink illustrations--Bouwman crafts a moving narrative about family, magic, morality, the power of storytelling, and the cyclical nature of history." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

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